Emergency StuG | Sturmgeschütz IV für 7.5 cm Sturmkanone 40 (Sd.Kfz. 167)

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When the Alkett factory was heavily bombed by the Allied Air Force in November 1943, the production of the StuG III was almost put to a halt. In an attempt to find a relatively easy solution, the Germans simply merged the Panzer IV chassis with a Stug III upper superstructure, creating a new vehicle, the StuG IV. Production was conducted relatively quickly, with 30 vehicles completed by December 1943 and, by April 1945, over 1,000 would be built. Like its StuG III cousin, the StuG IV was also an effective assault gun that would see service on all major fronts up to the end of the war.

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An article by Marko P.
Narrated by Stan Lucian
Edited by ya boy Jim Zawacki