Academy 1:35 German Sturmgeschutz IV 75mm

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1/35 scale German Sturmgeschutz IV Sdkfz. 167 German Assault Gun Tank 75mm Stuk 40L/48 Gun plastic assembly kitset. Requires glue and paints to complete assembly.

The Sturmgeschtz IV (StuG IV) (Sd.Kfz. 167) was a German assault gun variant of the Panzer IV used in the latter part of the Second World War. It was identical in role and concept to the highly successful StuG III assault gun variant of the Panzer III. Both StuG models were given an exclusively tank destroyer role in German formations and tactical planning in the last two years of the war, greatly augmenting the capability of the dwindling tank force available to the German army on the Eastern and Western fronts.

The Sturmgeschtz IV resulted from Krupp’s effort to supply an assault gun. As Krupp did not build Panzerkampfwagen IIIs, they used the Panzerkampfwagen IV chassis in combination with a slightly modified Sturmgeschtz III superstructure.

The first known proposal for a Sturmgeschtz on the Panzer IV chassis is in Krupp drawing number W1468 dated February 1943. This initial drawing utilised the outdated Sturmgeschtz Ausf. F superstructure on a Panzer IV chassis. This proposal had a sloped front superstructure with a combat weight of 28.26 tons. Krupp abandoned it in February 1943 because it was too heavy. Plans for the StuG IV were halted.