Forces of Valor 80045 1:32 GERMAN STURMGESCHÜTZ III AUSF. G

The Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) assault gun was Germany's most produced armoured fighting vehicle during World War II.  It was built on the chassis of the proven Panzer III tank. Initially intended as a mobile, armoured light gun for infantry support, the StuG was continually modified and was widely employed as a tank destroyer.

As the 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 equipped with a high-velocity 75 mm StuK 40 L/43 main gun (Spring 1942) and later – the 75 mm StuK 40 L/48 (Autumn 1942) anti-tank gun. These versions were known as the Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausführung F, Ausf. F/8 and Ausf. G

The Forces of Valor® replica is of a StuG III Ausf. G as seen at Kursk in 1943.