32507 Tamiya 1/48 Sturmgeschutz Iii Ausf.B German self-propelled 75mm gun, with a short barrel 1940-1941. In a set of metal, primed frame.

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Sturmgeschütz III is a medium — weight German self-propelled artillery unit of the world war II assault gun class based on the PzKpfw III tank. It was serially produced in various modifications from 1940 to 1945 and became the most mass-produced representative of the Wehrmacht armored vehicles (8636 self-propelled guns with 75 mm guns were produced). The full official name of the machine is Gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette für Sturmgeschütz III mit 7.5-cm-Sturmkanone 37 oder 40. According to the departmental heading of the Ministry of armaments of Nazi Germany, the ACS was designated as Sd. Kfz. 142. StuG III is also referred to as StuG 40, in Soviet literature this machine was called "Art-Storm". StuG III were actively used on all fronts of the Second world war and generally received good reviews from the German command: according to the reports of the Hitlerites, by the beginning of 1944, StuG III had about 20,000 enemy tanks. Captured by the red army, StuG III was converted into a SU-76I self-propelled gun.