244 StugAbt. - Stalingrad - Autumn 1942

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The Sturminfanteriefeschutz 33B (StuIG 33B) was a German assult infantry gun of the WW2. The StuIG 33B was based upon a Panzer 3 chassis, with the turret removed and mounted with a 150 mm StuIG L/11 gun and an 7.92 mm MG34 machine-gun. The StuIG 33B was manned by a crew of five and powered by a Maybach HL120TRM engine providing a top speed of 20 kmh and a range of 110 km.
As 6th Army drove deeper into Stalingrad maneuver became impossible and the Wehrmacht's vaunted Blitzkrieg tactics devolved into a vicious house to house, hand to hand struggle requiring brute force rather than finesse. A special mobile assault vehicle was needed engage the enemy at point-blank range with high accuracy. Because German and Soviet soldiers sometimes occupied different floors of the same building, fought in close proximity only a few yards away in cellars or behind the debris of smashed walls absolute precision was required. The StuIG 33B with its 15cm (5.91-inch) heavy infantry gun, artillery sights and fully enclosed fighting compartment provided a nearly optimal solution.

On 20 September 1942 the Waffenamt (WaA) or German Ordnance Department ordered twelve self-propelled artillery vehicles mounting a 15cm L/11 howitzer for immediate production. Based on the StuG III Ausf E and F/8 chassis they were officially designated the StuIG 33B. Intended to aid in the close-quarter combat of Stalingrad the 15cm weapon was capable of demolishing a house with two or three rounds. The first twelve were assigned to Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 177 and 244 and fought with distinction through some of the worst fighting on the Volga.

Tank, Howitzer, Sturm-Infanteriegesch??tz, StuIG, 33B, German, self-propelled, heavy, infantry, gun, WW2, WWII, 150mm, assault, infantry, gun, nazi, germany, panzer, stalingrad, maybach, blitzkrieg

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