Surviving_StuG_StuH.pdf

Surviving StuG and StuH

Last update : 22 September 2010

About the different existing models of Sturmgeschütz (according to Esa Muikku) :

First of all, we must recognize and understand that the name has changed during the

production. Then it is more or less possible to select whether to use the name of a vehicle at

the time of its production (= birth) or a name that was used later during its life cycle.

The following names could be used :

Sturmgeschütz Ausführung A

Sturmgeschütz Ausführung B

Sturmgeschütz Ausführung C

Sturmgeschütz Ausführung D

Sturmgeschütz Ausführung E

Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausführung F, (with 7,5-cm Stu.K. 40 L/43 or L/48) (*

Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausführung F/8, (with 7,5-cm Stu.K. L/48) (*

Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausführung G (*

Sturmgeschütz III Ausführung G (**

Sturmhaubitze 42 Ausführung G (***

Sturmgeschütz IV (****

NOTES:

*) 40 appears in the name when the new long barrel was introduced (the official name for the

gun was 7,5-cm Stu.K. 40 L/48)

**) Stu 40 was changed to Stu.G. III when Stu.G. IV (on Pz.Kpfw. IV chassis) was introduced

in January 1944.

***) 10,5-cm Stu.H. 42 Ausf. G is used as an abbreviation.

****) Abbreviation is Stu.G. IV and this model is without “Ausführung”.

As the name has changed during the production, I decided to choose the denomination

“Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G” for all the Ausführung G models.

Notice that the primary role of the StuG III was to be used as an assault gun. It was then

(and successfully !!) used as a tank destoyer when the StuK 40 gun was introduced.

Listed here are some of the Sturmgeschütz III and Sturmhaubitze 42 that still exist today.

2 Sturmgeschutzen Ausf. B – Kevin Wheatcroft Collection (UK)

Kevin Wheatcroft owns two Sturmgeschutzen Ausf. B, which can be seen here :

http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/Images/Wheatcroft_040.jpg

http://www.wheatcroftcollection.com/stug.html

Esa Muikku, September 2006

Sturmgeschütz Ausf. B – Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia)

This tank is indeed a PzKpfw III hull with a StuG III gun. The superstructure was reproduced (“Taranov”)

Esa Muikku, September 2006

Sturmgeschütz Ausf. D – Pansarmuseet, Axvall (Sweden)

SPbRailFanClub, April 2009 - http://www.railfanclub.spb.ru/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=28910

Sturmgeschütz Ausf. D as part of a monument near the Volokolamsk Highway

Volokolamsk, Moscow Oblast (Russia)

Dennes Aldrup, 2002 - http://www.panzer-modell.de/specials/ontour/autotechnica/autotechnica.htm

Sturmgeschütz Ausf. E – Motor Technica Museum, Bad Oeynhausen (Germany)

This StuG, which is still in its original paint and markings, was recovered from a lake near St. Petersburg (Russia) in 1990. Some

photos of the recovery can be seen here : http://rolfask.proboards56.com/index.cgi?board=pz&action=display&thread=1201127638

Michel van Loon, June 2008

Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausf. F/8 – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels (Belgium)

This tank is currently stored at the depot of the Tank Museum in Kapellen, Belgium (Michel van Loon)

Rafał Białęcki, September 2008

Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausf. F/8 (early) – Kalemegdan Military Museum, Belgrade (Serbia)

Esa Muikku, September 2006

Sturmgeschütz 40 Ausf. F/8 – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)

Fahrgestell number 91539 (“Taranov”)

Erik Torp, August 2005 - http://www.primeportal.net/tanks/erik_torp/stug_iii/index.php?Page=1

Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G – Pansergarasjen, Rena leir (Norway)

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