The StuH.42 featured an electrically fired 10.5cm leFH 18 howitzer fitted in
the superstructure instead of the more usual anti-tank cannon. A total of 1,211
StuH.42 vehicles were produced from October 1942 till the end of the war. These
vehicles were issued to Sturmgesch?tz brigades to support regular StuG.IIIs.
One unit to operate the StuH.42 on the Eastern Front was the 8.Kavallerie-Division.
It fought on the Eastern Front before being eventually destroyed in Budapest
in 1945. One vehicle from this unit fighting in the winter of 1944 has been
superbly recreated in miniature by Dragon Armor. It wears a neat coat of whitewash
over its sand-colored basecoat. The only visible tactical markings are Balkankreuz
on the superstructure sides. The 1/72 scale model has been masterfully finished,
and the StuH.42 Ausf.G self-propelled howitzer will blend in well with a snowy
environment…or alternatively stand out in a model collection!
