280017 - StuG III Ausf G walls the combat units started using

the combat units started using it for general transport duties

outclassed German light and medium tanks fielded in 1939 to 42

A first batch of 150 vehicles was delivered during the following months

Belgium and France in May 1940

SdKfz 251s were the most widely produced German half-tracks of the war

280017 - StuG III Ausf G walls the combat units started usingThe StuG III was designed to fill an infantry close support combat role, early models were fitted with a low velocity 75 mm StuK 37 L 24 gun to destroy soft skin targets and fortifications. After the Germans encountered the Soviet KV 1 and T 34 tanks, the StuG III was first equipped with a high velocity 75 mm StuK 40 L 43 main gun (Spring 1942) and in Autumn 1942 with the slightly longer 75 mm StuK 40 L 48 gun. These versions were known as the