In December of 1943, StuG IV had been introduced, it had been really a somewhat modified StuG III superstructure installed on Panzer IV chassis. From December of 1943 to March of 1945, 1139 such "hybrids" were generated by Krupp-Gruson at Magdeburg. StuG IV (Sd.Kfz.167) had been armed with 75mm StuK 40 L/48 weapon mounted in cast "saukopf" mantlet. It absolutely was operated by 4 guys crew. Majority was granted in companies to infantry divisions with few exceptions. Some source apply designation Sd.Kfz.163 to StuG IV.
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