The Sturmgeschütz IV was more a product of necessity after the heavy Allied bombings when Krupp proposed to design and build an assault gun. As Krupp did not build Panzerkampfwagen IIIs, they used the Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H. chassis in combination with a slightly modified StuG III Ausf. G. superstructure.
The StuG IV wasn’t really an upgrade to the StuG III, it weight was inferior to that of the StuG III Ausf.G, 23,000 versus 23,900 kg, maximum armor thickness was reached on the superstructure front, with a 80 mm welded plate and the gun itself was the usual 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/48.
The StuG IV was produced from December 1943 to May 1945, with a total of 1,108 plus 31 conversions from damaged Panzer IVs (1139 total).
The StuH 42 was developed in 1942, as a variant of the StuG III Ausf.F with a 105 mm howitzer under the ordnance name Sturmhaubitze 42, It was a late reversion to the close infantry support rôle, but with a more modern chassis, as more Ausf.F/8s and were used for the antitank rôle.
The late version would see many chances to save material and the muzzle break was dropped.
About 1300 vehicles were built by Alkett from March 1943 to March 1945, after an initial delivery of 12 vehicles tested from repaired F and F/8s between the fall of 1942 and January 1943.
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