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StuG III

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The Sturmgeschütz III is a German assault gun introduced in 1940, built on a modified Panzer III chassis with a fixed armored superstructure in place of a rotating turret. It became the most produced German fully tracked armored fighting vehicle of the Second World War, with about 10,086 built between 1940 and 1945. Originally designed to give infantry close fire support, it was increasingly used as a tank destroyer as the war went on, and its comparatively low cost made it attractive to German industry even as the war situation worsened. It served on every major front, from the Eastern Front to North Africa, Western Europe and Italy. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
75mm 1
Service Status
Retired 2
Weapon Class
Assault gun 1
Introduced Year
1940 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
Connections

Used In

Six-Day War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Sturmgeschütz III
World War II, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Sturmgeschütz III
Yom Kippur War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Sturmgeschütz III
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: StuG III
Wikipedia
  • Variants section
    StuG III Ausf. A (Sd.Kfz. 142; January-May 1940, 30+6 produced by Daimler-Benz): first used in the Battle of France, the StuG III Ausf. A used a modified 5./ZW chassis (Panzer III Ausf. F) with front armour strengthened to 50 mm.
  • service-status
    service = 1940-1945 (German service); 1949-1973 (Syrian service)
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
  • Wikipedia infobox primary_armament field (w-bbfill-military6-0927)
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2. Wikidata: StuG III
Wikidata Q117936, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Sturmgeschütz III
  • service-status
    service = 1940-1945 (German service); 1949-1973 (Syrian service)
  • Used In: World War II, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: World War II
  • Used In: Six-Day War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Six-Day War
  • Used In: Yom Kippur War, Infobox, wars field
    Infobox wars field lists: Yom Kippur War
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Wikipedia: Sturmgeschütz III
  • Infobox, type
    Assault gun
  • Infobox, service
    1940
  • Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
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