World War II Database

1.  Bill says:
16 Feb 2011 02:25:29 PM

PANZERGRENADIERS WITH THE TIGERS:

2.  Bill says:
17 Apr 2011 12:30:39 PM

The Sturmgeschutz/StuG III is the vehicle on the left carrying panzergrenadiers, it was originally designed for infantry support, and
later used as an assault gun in the anti-tank role.
The vehicle was very successful and served on all fronts, had a low silouette and were easy to camouflage, over 20,000 enemy tanks were destroyed by the spring of 1944.
About 10,000 were built of all variants, by 1945 about 1280 StuG IIIs were left.

Sturmgeschutz:
German for "Assault Gun"

POST-WAR:

The USSR captured stocks of StuG IIIs many were refurbished, along with other types of German equipment sold or given to Syria
and other Middle East Countries.

CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT:

Sweden continued to develop the StuG concept
in the 1950s, with its "S" Tank the vehicle was a low-profile turret-less design, 290
were built, and served with the Swedish Army from the 1960s to the 1990s the vehicle was not exported.

3. Bill says:
10 Dec 2014 01:45:33 PM

Tiger of s.SS.Pz.Abt Das Reich supports StuG IIIs 1943 Operation Zitadelle, Soviet Union