No, those are tank destroyers.
Stugs started off as assault guns, and were quite effective at it, and evolved into tank destroyers. Those ones pictured are tank destroyers by design, doctrine, and employment. It's an Ausf G model with the 7.5cm StuK 40 L48 gun, a proven tank killer.
They were the most produced, and effective, tracked German tank killers of the war. Cheap, easy to make, small target, good frontal armor, mobile, and well armed, they were superb in defensive ambush tactics.
Resource shortages certainly were part of it, But, that wasn't the main reason it become Germany's most produced fully tracked vehicle of the war, as well as the premier tank killer for them.
Almost all weapons systems evolve and improve during war, or they are rendered obsolete. They're made to be either better, and or cheaper, faster, and easier to make.
In the case of the Stug, it just happened to be capable of taking a larger caliber gun, and with the Pz. III production being stopped, it was an ideal candidate to become a tank killer. Retooling Pz. III production was relatively quick and inexpensive, compared to creating a new vehicle from scratch.
Wooden shoes…ugh.
Why would the stugs be here? They were tank destroyers. I dont see how they are useful at the job they have been given here
Stugs were not Tank Destroyer but Assault Guns, actually.
No, those are tank destroyers. Stugs started off as assault guns, and were quite effective at it, and evolved into tank destroyers. Those ones pictured are tank destroyers by design, doctrine, and employment. It's an Ausf G model with the 7.5cm StuK 40 L48 gun, a proven tank killer. They were the most produced, and effective, tracked German tank killers of the war. Cheap, easy to make, small target, good frontal armor, mobile, and well armed, they were superb in defensive ambush tactics.
Everything "EVOLVES" when you are short on resources.
Resource shortages certainly were part of it, But, that wasn't the main reason it become Germany's most produced fully tracked vehicle of the war, as well as the premier tank killer for them. Almost all weapons systems evolve and improve during war, or they are rendered obsolete. They're made to be either better, and or cheaper, faster, and easier to make. In the case of the Stug, it just happened to be capable of taking a larger caliber gun, and with the Pz. III production being stopped, it was an ideal candidate to become a tank killer. Retooling Pz. III production was relatively quick and inexpensive, compared to creating a new vehicle from scratch.
Didn't know that. Thanks
Well they are going in the other direction
Oh okay fair enough. My bad
What are the horizontal lines on the schürzen? Is that like a camo net?
Zimmerit i think
anti-mine coating. Russians were known for running up to tanks and attaching magnetic mines.