Sturmartillerie Crewman - Sturmgeschutze, Panzerjager, and Panzerartillerie

The German procurement process resulted in a wide range of gun-armed armored vehicles-assault guns, tank destroyers and self-propeled artillery-mounting both German and captured guns. Some were developed from existing German chassis; many employed captured enemy vehicles or were built in the factories of the countries they had conquered.Originally designed as infantry support vehicles, the Sturmgesch-tz arm was controlled by the artillery but ended the war having knocked out more enemy tanks than the Panzers. Mainly built on the chassis of the PzKpfw III, particularly after it became obsolete, the StuGs proved durable and effective in infantry support and, when upgunned and even without a turret, as tank killers.The Germans produced a range of vehicles to fend off enemy armor. They mounted increasingly larger guns on any chassis they could lay their hands on, often captured vehicles-the Marder series on French or Czech chassis. There was also the Jagdpanzer range, better protected with