StuG. IV
The Sturmgeschütz IV, Sd.Kfz. 167, is a hybrid vehicle, mounting the proven superstructure of the StuG III Ausf. G onto existing Panzer IV chassis. The StuG. IV went into production in December 1943 at the Gruson plant in Magdeburg-Buckau, after tank production at the Altmärkische Kettenwerke (Alkett) had to be temporarily halted due to Allied bombing raids on Berlin. Because the Panzer IV chassis was longer, the driver was accommodated in a distinctive, box-shaped extension, the so-called Fahrererker driver‘s bay, located on the left front of the superstructure.
The StuG. IV could be issued as a tank replacement to Panzer formations and Panzerjäger tank hunter units that already had the necessary maintenance and workshop facilities for the Pz.Kpfw. IV medium tanks.
Available Miniatures
- Stug. IV (early), 1:35 Airfix 1377
- Sturmgeschütz IV, 1:35 Italeri 6491
- Sturmgeschütz IV, 1:35 Tamiya 35087
- StuG. IV, Sd.Kfz. 167, 1:35 Revell 03255
- StuG. IV, 1:43 Altaya 19
- StuG. IV with 7.5 cm 40 L/48 (Sd.Kfz. 163), 1:72 Matchbox 40180
- StuG. IV with 7.5 cm 40 L/48 (Sd.Kfz. 163), 1:72 Revell 03101
- Conversion Kit for Revell/Matchbox StuG. IV, 1:72 Schatton 7227
- StuG. IV (StuG Brigade 912, Kurland 1944), 1:72 Altaya 61
- StuG. IV (Fsch.Pz.Div., Nettuno, 1944), 1:72 Altaya 37
- Sturmgeschütz IV, 1:72 Trumpeter 7261
- StuG. IV, Sd.Kfz. 167 (late), 1:72 Dragon 77260
- StuG. IV (early, StuG Brigade 907, Italy 1944), 1:72 Dragon 60068
- StuG. IV (early, StuG Brigade 912, Kurland 1944), 1:72 Dragon 60069
- StuG. IV, Sd.Kfz. 167 (1944), 1:72 UM 551
- StuG. IV (mid production, Italy 1944), 1:72 Dragon 60115
- StuG. IV (mid production, Eastern Front 1944), 1:72 Dragon 60116
- StuG. IV (late, 17. Pz.Gren.Div. 1945), 1:72 Dragon 60117
- StuG. IV (late, Hungary 1945), 1:72 Dragon 60118
- StuG. IV mit 7.5 cm 40 L/48 with Zimmerit, 1:76 Crusader Models CMB74
- StuG. IV (late, without Zimmerit), 1:76 Milicast BG202
- StuG. IV (late) with Schürzen, 1:76 Milicast BG203
- StuG. IV (3-colour camouflage), 1:87 Artitec 6870361
- StuG. IV (dark yellow), 1:87 Artitec 6870362
- StuG. IV with 7.5 cm 40 L/48 (Sd.Kfz. 163), 1:100 Roskopf 59
- StuG. IV, 1:100 Zvezda 926284
- StuG. IV (mid production), 15 mm Forged in Battle P-07
- StuG. IV, 1:285 GHQ G47
- StuG. iV, 1:300 Heroics & Ros G065
The remarkable battlefield successes of the assault artillery led, as the war progressed, to the increasing integration of assault guns into Panzerjäger and Panzer formations to compensate for the severe shortage of dedicated tank destroyers and tanks.