Barcode: 0 89195 60068 4
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 6.1"x3.1"x2.8"
1/72 StuG IV (Early Production) StuG Brigade 907, Italy 1944
This model is beautifully finished in a sand and green camouflage pattern along
with national markings, and all the correct features of an early production
model. Each and every detail is carefully rendered, right down to the correct
sag on the track runs.
Main Features:
- Accurate StuG IV mold with full details
- True-scale model
- Historically accurate sand and green camouflage with national markings
- Detailed and weathered track links
- Includes display case
About the StuG IV:
Sturmgeschu"tz is a German word for "assault gun", abbreviated
StuG. They were widely as fire support to infantry, panzer and panzergrenadier
units. The vehicle was essentially a tank chassis with a gun, usually a long-barreled
75mm, mounted on it. Due to it not having the gun mounted in a turret, it afforded
the crew more space but limited the traverse of the gun, requiring the whole
vehicle to turn to aim at a target most of the time. Throughout World War II,
especially later in the war, Germany produced more assault guns than tanks,
because they were cheaper and quicker to produce due to the lack of a need to
put in a revolving turret and the complex machinery, and were almost as effective
as tanks. They also provided a use for obsolete tank chassis, most assault guns
being mounted on Panzer III and Panzer IV chassis, producing the StuG III and
StuG IV, respectively.
The StuG IV is a slightly modified Sturmgeschu"tz III superstructure mounted
on a Panzer IV chassis. Around 1100 were built starting in 1943. The StuG IV
was known as a very effective tank killers, especially on the Eastern Front.
