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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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 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 → North African Campaign → Western Front (1944–1945) →
operator	Bulgarian Army → Finnish Army → Hungarian Army → Romanian Army → 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 Ausf. A → StuG III Ausf. B → StuG III Ausf. C → StuG III Ausf. D → StuG III Ausf. E → StuG III Ausf. F → StuG III Ausf. F8 → StuG III Ausf. G →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. A") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. B") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. C") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. D") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. E") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. F") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. F8") → StuG III ("StuG III Ausf. G") →	variant
Panzer III ("Sd.Kfz. 141") →	NATOReportingName
Panzer III ("StuG III") →	usedAsChassisFor
Heer →	usedEquipment