Description

The StuG.III (Sd.Kfz.142), based on the widely used Panzer III family of tanks, evolved into a very capable German tank destroyer during WWII. In fact, the StuG.III was Germany...s most widely manufactured armored fighting vehicle of the war. As enemy tanks improved their protection and armament, Germany responded by fitting the 7.5cm StuK 40 L/48 gun inside the vehicle...s casemate. This variant was known as the Ausf.G, of which 7,720 were produced from December 1942 through till April 1945. This made the Ausf.G the most common German tank destroyer variant by far, and hence one of the most popular amongst modelers too.

Features

- Newly tooled 80mm front armor plate
- New road wheels and sprocket w/accurate details
- Side-skirt armor produced in metal for scale thickness
- Cannon can be elevated up or down
- StuG.III Mid-Late Production MG gun shield
- StuG.III Mid-Late Production fighting compartment authentically produced
- Gun w/full breech assembly
- Slide-molded mantlet w/internal surface detail
- Chamfer in lower part of mentlet
- Slide-molded gun sleeve
- Gun breech and rocoil guard are fully produced
- Recoil and recuperator cylinders are trully represented
- Gun sight and hand wheels are included
- Complete gun mount is represented
- Slide-molded muzzle brake
- One-piece barrel
- Roof armor w/accurate weld seams
- Screw heads are accurately reproduced
- Upper hull w/easy assembly
- Multi-piece upper hull for maximum detail
- Multi-directional slide-molded superstructure w/bolt detail
- Engine deck w/interlocking structure has realistic weld seams
- Radio set and seat are included
- Steering-brake inspection hatches can be assembled open/closed
- Floor treadplate pattern is correctly done
- Commanders hatch w/interior details - can be assembled open/closed
- Fully detailed hull bottom weld seams
- One-piece slide-molded lower hull w/superb details
- Drivers vision port w/clear-plastic part
- One-piece drivers vision port armor w/nut details
- Hatches can be assembled open/closed
- Air deflector truly represented
- Photo-etched mesh is included
- Cooling-air intakes are slide molded
- Photo-etched air-intake grills
- Commanders cupola periscopes made from clear parts
- Detailed track tension adjuster
- Idler wheels w/photo-ethced parts
- Final-drive housing covers are separate parts for maximum detail
- Jack is reproduced w/multiple parts
- Notek light included
- Fenders made from slide molds w/both upper and lower surface details
- Fender pattern is accurately portrayed
- Fender details made from photo-etched parts
- Antenna base w/correct shape
- Slide-molded periscopic gun sight is made from clear part
- Detailed injection-molded on-vehicle tools
- Engine and radiator hatches and vent covers accurately produced
- Slide-molded hydraulic shock absorbers possess extremely good detail
- Detailed suspension swing arms
- Toolbox w/padlock produced by slide molds
- Exhaust pipes w/hollow ends
- 40cm Magic Tracks

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