Patton Museum - Sturmgeschutz Stug III Ausf G
Bill Maloney
11/29/2010

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01 Sturmgeschutz Stug III Ausf G 02 Sturmgeschutz StugIII Ausf G 03 Stug III Saukopf Gun Mantlet 04 Stug III 75mm Cannon
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04 Sturmgeschutz Stug III Superstructure 05 Sturmgeschutz Rear Deck 06 Sturmgeschutz Tank Tracks 07 Sturmgeschutz Drive Sprocket
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08 Sturmgeschutz Idler Wheel 09 Sturmgeschutz Bogie Wheels 10 Sturmgeschutz Shock Absorber 11 Sturmgeschutz Stug III Ausf G
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Sturmgeschutz III Ausf G Specifications:

More Sturmgeschutz Stug III Assault Guns at other Military Museums in the northeast
Sturmgeschutz Stug III Sturmgeschutz Stug III Ausf G
A Sturmgeschutz Stug III at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario Stug III Ausf C Assault Gun at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD
Stug III Ausf G Assault Gun Sturmgeschutz Stug III 10.5cm
Stug III Ausf G Assault Gun at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD Sturmgeschutz Stug III 10.5cm at the US Army Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Aberdeen, MD

Length: 17 feet, 9 inches
Width:
9 feet, 7 inches
Height:
6 feet, 5 inches
Crew:
4
Weight:
26 Tons
Max Speed: 25 mph
Range: 100 miles
Armor: 2 " Frontal
Powerplant: Maybach V12 HL 120 TRM 300hp
Fuel Capacity:
Armament:
  7.5cm Stu K 40 l/ 48 Muzzle Velocity 2,500fps
  MG34 7.62mm Machine Gun    
Entered Service: 1942
Unit Cost: $

This particular Stug III Assault Gun was recovered from the bottom of a bog in Russia south of St. Petersburg in 1994. It had broken through the ice covering the bog during a battle in January 1944. The Russian government exchanged it to the US Army in 1995. It is in surprisingly good condition for being buried in a bog for 50 years.

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