specialist tank
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19880069-939
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Event
1939-1945 Second World War
1943-1945 Italian Campaign - Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1943/05/
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - Italy
- Category Distribution and transportation artifacts
- Sub-category Land transportation, motorized
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1943/05/01
- Latest 1943/05/31
- Brand Name / Model STURMGESCHUTZ 40 AUSF G (SD KFZ 142/2);PANZERKAMPFWAGON III
- Service Component German Army
- Measurements Height 209.0 cm, Length 548.0 cm, Width 306.0 cm
- Caption Self-Propelled Assault Gun, Sturmgeschütz III, AUSF G, 40L/48 (SD KFZ 142/2)
- Additional Information Canadians at the Gothic Line encountered several types of German tanks and self-propelled assault guns, such as this German Sturmgeschütz III (or StuG III). An effective close-range anti-tank weapon, the Stug III's deadly 75 millimeter high velocity gun made it a powerful and dangerous adversary.