A look at the StuG (Sturmgeschütze) German assault guns. Now this video is more about the branch and organization and not individual vehicles. Thus, the name “assault artillery”, because this is the translation of the original name for this branch in German which was “Sturmartillerie”.
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Short video about the famous German "StuGs" (Sturmgeschütze) Assault guns. The initial concept, organization and development from infantry support to mainly the tank destroyer role.
Script & Further Information: http://militaryhistoryvisualized.com/assault-artillery-history-organization-of-assault-gun-units-stug-life/
---Sources---
Wettsein, Adrian: Sturmartillerie Geschichte einer Waffengattung
http://portal-militaergeschichte.de/sites/default/files/pdf/wettstein_sturmartillerie.pdf
Spielgerger, Walter: Sturmgeschutz & Its Variants
Spielberger, Walter: Sturmgeschütze. Entwicklung und Fertigung der sPak
Fleischer, Wolfgang: Die deutschen Sturmgeschütze 1935-1945.
Buchner, Alex: The German Infantry Handbook 1939-1945
Buchner, Alex: Das Handbuch der deutschen Infanterie 1939-1945; Gliederung – Uniformen, Bewaffnung – Ausrüstung, Einsätze
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