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Sturmgeschütz III
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1940 German self-propelled gun family
Key facts
- Type
- Assault gun
- Place of origin
- Germany
- In service
- 1940–1945 (German service), 1949–1973 (Syrian service)
- Used by
- See Operators
- Wars
- World War II , War over Water , Six-Day War , Yom Kippur War
- Designer
- Alkett
- Manufacturer
- Alkett , MIAG
- Unit cost
- 82,500 ℛ ︁ ℳ ︁
- Number span no built
- c. 10,086 StuG III c. 1,299 StuH 42
- Mass
- 23.9 tonnes (52,690 lbs)
- Length
- 6.85 m (22 ft 6 in)
- Width
- 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
- Height
- 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in)
- Crew
- 4 (driver, commander, gunner and loader)
- Armour
- 16–80 mm (.62–3.15 in)
- Main armament
- 1 × 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/48 54 rounds
- Secondary armament
- 1 × 7.92 mm MG34 or MG42 machine gun (600 rounds) 1 × coaxial 7.92 mm MG34 machine gun from 1944 on (600 rounds
- Engine
- Maybach HL120 TRM V-12 gasoline engine , 300 PS (296 hp, 220 kW)
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- assault gun
- Country
- Nazi Germany
- Country of origin
- Nazi Germany
- Followed by
- Sturmgeschütz / STuG IV
- Mass
- 23.9
- Designed by
- Daimler-Benz AG
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- StuGIII.jpg
- Height
- 2.16
- Width
- 2.95
- Length
- 6.85
- Speed
- 40
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- Sturmgeschütz III
- Commons category
- Sturmgeschütz III
- service entry
- 1940-01-01
- powered by
- V engine
- service retirement
- 1945-01-01
- total produced
- 10001
- native label
- Sturmgeschütz III
- ride height
- 382.5
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) was an assault gun produced by Germany during World War II. It was the most-produced German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle, and second-most produced German armored combat vehicle of any type after the Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track. It was built on a slightly modified Panzer III chassis, replacing the turret with an armored, fixed superstructure mounting a more powerful gun. Initially intended as a mobile assault gun for direct-fire support for infantry, the StuG III was continually modified, and much like the later Jagdpanzer vehicles, was employed as a tank destroyer.
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