Sturmgeshuts IIIF or Stug III, German
Assault Guns, in Military tank prints, These military prints of
Sturmgeshuts are part of the Armoured vehicles and tank series of signed delimited
edition art prints available from Panzer Prints a Division of
Cranston Fine Arts the Military art print Company
The
Sturmgeshutz IV assault gun was produced from December 1943, on the
PzKpfw IV chassis. they were built upto March 1945. and a total of over
1100 were built. They were armed with a 75mm StuK 40 L/48 gun. it
was protected with frontal armour of 80mm . but this was increased by the
use of concrete slabs in front of the driver compartment. It carried
63 rounds The Stug IV became the most effective tank destroyer in
the German army
The
Stug IV first saw action of the Eastern front during the summer offensive
at Kursk in 1943.
Assault on Voronezh, Russia, 2nd - 7th
July 1942 by David Pentland DHM1218 Sturmgeschutz IIIF of Stug Battalion
Grossdeutschland, and supporting
infantry from GD Regiment 1 battle against Soviet forces defending the
strategically important city of Voronezh on the Don. Combined arms
operations such as this proved the value of the assault gun, which took a
terrible toll on enemy armour and men alike.
Escape to the Elbe, Berlin, 3rd May 1945 by David Pentland
DHM1293 Following Hitler's death, the decision was taken by the officers and
men of Sturmartillerie Brigade 249 to break out of the doomed capital.
Shortly before midnight on the 3rd, what remained of the unit fought to
the edge of the city at Spandau. By this time the brigade had been
split into two elements, the first under Hauptmann Herbert Jaschke
successfully punched their way out to the west. The second group
was not so lucky, and it's survivors fell into Soviet captivity.
Anzio Annie, Italy
29th January 1944 by David Pentland. DHM1225 Sturmgeschutz IIIg and Paratroops of the 4th Fallschirmjager
Division, driving to the front line, pass one of the two giant 28cm K5 (Eisenbaum)
railway guns responsible for shelling the Allied beacheads at Anzio
and Nettuno.
Counter Attack at Konigsberg by David Pentland
DHM578 German forces encircled in the fortress town of Konigsberg by 3rd
Ukranian front prepare to break through the besieging Soviet lines to
re-establish a supply line to the Baltic. Here some Stug III assault
guns move up to their assembly area next to the town's World War One
memorial. From here the attack was launched on February 18th 1945 and
successfully opened a supply corridor which remained in place until 8th
April.
