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/
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Classification
Service Status Weapon Class Introduced Year Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category) Connections
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- Also in Business Atlas: Daimler-Benz, manufactured by there.
- Also in Business Atlas: Daimler-Benz AG, manufactured by there.
- Also in Business Atlas: MIAG, manufactured by there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: StuG III
WikipediaVariants 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)
View the Source 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
View the SourceWikipedia: Sturmgeschütz III
Infobox, type
Assault gun
Infobox, service
1940
- Weapon class classified from the entity's own sourced description text.
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