Sturmgeschütz IV
The 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. Development The 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 superstructure. The first known proposal for a on the Panzer IV chassis is in Krupp drawing number W1468 dated February 1943. This initial drawing utilised the outdated Ausf. F superstructure on a Panzer IV chassis. This proposal had a sloped front superstructure wi ...
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