" Storm-guns are the backbone of the infantry ", these sentence comprises the leaflet 18 b/38 " tanks helps you ", which at the 15. September 1944 of the education-department in the command of the army was published. 

The history of the storm-guns begins at the 15. June 1936 with the official job for the creation of the storm-gun. In order to fit the terrain for itself better, they were built consciously lower why they carry also no tower like a fight-tank. The armor plate protected her/it/them from all infanteristischen arms. StuGses were component of the artillery, didn't therefore belong to the tank-troop. They should support the attack of the infantry in fore line, therefore opposing tanks fight as well as MG-Nests dig out. In contrast to the tanks, they don't attack and don't break through, but they carry the attack of the infantry to the front. They are not put into big measurements but normally in squadrons. It was planned each infantry-division with a department, 3 batteries too per 6 guns, to equip storm-guns. This plan was never reached. 

The model: 

It is Version A of the StuG III from Dragon. 

Was used beside the kit: 

Photo-caustic-parts StuG III Ausf. A - ABER 

photo-etched fender-sheet metals Pz.III StuG III - ABER 

Screws and nuts - MR model-construction 

36cm chains -Friul 

a few parts of Tamiya 

and a few Scratchparts, like the screwing of the lateral addition-armor plate, the panorama-telescope and a few perspiration-seams. 

One varnished with Tamiya acrylic, details with Vallejo. Oldering and weathering with oils, pastel-chalks and much application of the airbrush, shadows, filters etc. 

My model should represent the StuG of Michael Wittmann in July 1941 during the Russian campaign.. 

Many greetings 

Markus