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| 3s | [Music] |
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| 5s | the most well-known vehicles of the |
| 7s | vermont are obviously the fearsome |
| 9s | panthers the thick armored fernadans and |
| 12s | the mighty tigers on paper those |
| 14s | vehicles were almost perfect but in |
| 16s | reality each of them came with at least |
| 18s | a few big caveats from their exorbitant |
| 21s | price to overly complicated maintenance |
| 24s | regardless there was still a lot of work |
| 26s | in the field that needed to be done and |
| 28s | that work was mostly carried out by less |
| 30s | flashy or famous tanks like the |
| 32s | panzerkampfwagen iv and spgs like the |
| 36s | sturmgischutz iii also known as the |
| 39s | stook |
| 42s | the development of the stokes started in |
| 44s | 1935. |
| 46s | as the country was getting ready for war |
| 48s | general eric von monstein proposed the |
| 50s | idea of an armored self-propelled gun to |
| 53s | support the infantry the army needed a |
| 56s | well-armored spg with a low profile that |
| 58s | would be capable of dealing with both |
| 60s | enemy infantry and enemy armor |
| 63s | the task to develop this vehicle was |
| 65s | handed to daimler benz that had |
| 66s | previously created a somewhat similar |
| 68s | design for the ussr |
| 70s | engineers built the vehicle on a panzer |
| 72s | 3 chassis but replaced the turret with |
| 75s | an armored fixed superstructure that |
| 77s | housed a 75 millimeter gun |
| 82s | the chassis wasn't the only thing that |
| 83s | the new spg inherited from the panzer |
| 85s | iii it also got its 300 horsepower |
| 88s | mybach engine |
| 90s | all in all it was cheaper to produce a |
| 91s | singlish duke 3 than a single panzer iv |
| 94s | that carried almost the same gun housed |
| 96s | in a rotating turret but the military |
| 99s | were initially very hesitant to put the |
| 101s | new vehicle into mass production |
| 103s | then the war started though and the |
| 105s | german decision makers realized that |
| 107s | they needed the shtub |
| 109s | the production of the first model the |
| 110s | shug3a began at the end of 1939. at the |
| 114s | time daimler-benz made around 30 of them |
| 117s | several variants of the vehicle that |
| 119s | were introduced later weren't that |
| 120s | different from the original model but it |
| 122s | had one unique feature the roof of the |
| 124s | crew compartment was 11 millimeters |
| 127s | thick |
| 130s | the new spg proved to be fairly |
| 132s | effective from the very beginning of |
| 134s | world war ii its gun performed pretty |
| 136s | well against any type of target and its |
| 138s | armor provided enough protection against |
| 140s | 37 millimeter and 45 millimeter shells |
| 144s | as the war went on however new threats |
| 146s | and challenges emerged forcing german |
| 148s | engineers to introduce new versions of |
| 150s | the design especially after the invasion |
| 153s | of the soviet union |
| 160s | for instance in war thunder there's a |
| 161s | later variant of the first generation |
| 163s | stoop the schtuk 3f |
| 166s | german engineers equipped the vehicle |
| 167s | with a longer 75 millimeter gun and |
| 170s | redesigned the casemate structure to get |
| 172s | rid of one of its weak points |
| 174s | on the other hand the new version had |
| 176s | worse gun depression than the previous |
| 178s | models it went down from -10 degrees to |
| 180s | only -6 degrees the f variant was also |
| 184s | three tons heavier than its predecessor |
| 189s | but the most produced variant of the spg |
| 191s | was the shtug 3g which was a big upgrade |
| 194s | over previous models it received an even |
| 197s | more powerful gun with the same caliber |
| 199s | but better handling and was fitted with |
| 201s | more armor in the front up to 80 |
| 203s | millimeters of armor in fact |
| 205s | furthermore the vehicle was fitted with |
| 207s | side plates for increased protection |
| 209s | the engine remained the same though so |
| 211s | the vehicle lost some of its mobility |
| 217s | the stug 3g as well as other variants of |
| 219s | the tank destroyer was produced by alkit |
| 222s | but it's important to note that in the |
| 224s | case of the 3g alkit was joined by miag |
| 228s | as the second manufacturer |
| 230s | thanks to an increase in production |
| 231s | capacity germans were able to make |
| 233s | thousands of stoops by the end of the |
| 235s | war the schtuk was germany's most |
| 237s | produced fully tracked armored fighting |
| 239s | vehicle with more than 10 000 vehicles |
| 241s | rolling off the factory floor that's |
| 243s | right even panthers and the panzer iv |
| 246s | couldn't compete with these numbers |
| 248s | some of those tank destroyers were sent |
| 250s | to italy finland and other allies of |
| 252s | germany |
| 256s | even though a longer barrel and |
| 257s | increased anti-tank capabilities of late |
| 259s | 75 millimeter cannons clearly made the |
| 262s | latest models of the stug a better tank |
| 264s | destroyer the vehicle was no longer as |
| 266s | effective in its original role as a |
| 268s | mobile assault gun for direct fire |
| 270s | support for infantry |
| 272s | as the army still needed a strong |
| 274s | infantry support vehicle daimler benz |
| 276s | created the stormhaubitza 42 an spg |
| 280s | armed with a |
| 282s | millimeter howitzer |
| 284s | these vehicles turned out to be fairly |
| 285s | useful for instance they were actively |
| 288s | employed in the battle of kursk |
| 293s | the shtuk3 wasn't just an important |
| 294s | asset to the german armored forces it |
| 297s | was a trendsetter for tank destroyers |
| 299s | with an enclosed superstructure the |
| 300s | likes of which were later designed by |
| 302s | german soviet and even french engineers |
| 306s | the vehicles of the series were used by |
| 308s | several countries up to the mid-1950s |
| 311s | in other words right until they were |
| 312s | clearly obsolete do you have a favorite |
| 315s | model tell us in the comments below |
| 318s | [Music] |
| 345s | you |