StuG III assault gun

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armored fighting vehicle assault gun self-propelled gun tank destroyer

The StuG III assault gun was a German World War II armored fighting vehicle based on the Panzer III chassis, primarily used as a turretless, low-profile tank destroyer and infantry support weapon.

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All labels observed (17)

Label	Occurrences
StuG III	7
Sturmgeschütz III	2
Geschützwagen III/IV	1
Sd.Kfz. 141	1
StuG III Ausf. A	1
StuG III Ausf. B	1
StuG III Ausf. C	1
StuG III Ausf. D	1
StuG III Ausf. E	1
StuG III Ausf. F	1
StuG III Ausf. F8	1
StuG III Ausf. G	1
StuG III assault gun canonical	1
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A	1
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. B	1
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. D	1
Sturmhaubitze 42	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armored fighting vehicle ⓘ assault gun ⓘ self-propelled gun ⓘ tank destroyer ⓘ
armorThicknessRange	16–80 mm ⓘ
basedOnChassis	Panzer III ⓘ
chassisLayout	rear engine, front fighting compartment ⓘ
combatWeightRange	20–24 tonnes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Nazi Germany ⓘ
crew	4 ⓘ 5 ⓘ
designedBy	Germany ⓘ
designedFor	Sturmartillerie (assault artillery) ⓘ
developedFromRequirement	mobile, armored, direct-fire artillery support ⓘ
enginePower	300 PS ⓘ
engineType	Maybach HL 120 TRM ⓘ surface form: Maybach HL120 TRM
enteredService	1940 ⓘ
gunTraverse	limited ⓘ
hasConfiguration	turretless ⓘ
hasProfile	low profile ⓘ
hasSuperstructure	fixed casemate ⓘ
isMostProducedGermanAFV	true ⓘ
mainArmamentVariant	7.5 cm StuK 37 L/24 ⓘ 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/43 ⓘ 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/48 ⓘ
manufacturer	Alkett ⓘ MIAG ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 40 km/h ⓘ
notableFeature	low silhouette for ambush tactics ⓘ
notableTheater	Eastern Front ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (1944–1945)
operator	Bulgarian Army ⓘ Finnish Army ⓘ Hungarian Defence Forces ⓘ surface form: Hungarian Army Romanian Land Forces ⓘ surface form: Romanian Army Syrian Arab Army ⓘ surface form: Syrian Army Waffen-SS ⓘ Wehrmacht ⓘ
primaryRole	infantry support ⓘ
producedFrom	1940 ⓘ
producedUntil	1945 ⓘ
secondaryArmament	7.92 mm MG34 machine gun ⓘ
secondaryRole	tank destroyer ⓘ
suspensionType	torsion bar ⓘ
totalProduced	over 10,000 units ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
variant	StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. A StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. B StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. C StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. D StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. E StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. F StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. F8 StuG III assault gun self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: StuG III Ausf. G