Bringing out the Extremely Big Guns | Sturminfanteriegeschütz 33

The concept of mounting a heavy infantry gun on a tank chassis was born out of the requirement to provide effective, destructive firepower against enemy-fortified positions. The need for a well-protected vehicle armed with a 15 cm (5.9 in) gun arose in late 1942. At that time, the Germans were bogged down attempting to take the city of Stalingrad. Due to the urgent demand for such a weapon system, a small series of semi-improvised vehicles armed with a 15 cm gun placed inside an armored superstructure would be built on the StuG III chassis, creating the Sturminfanteriegeschütz 33, or StuIG 33 for short.
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