[New Episode] The Finest Half Hour: The Road to Moscow

Commanders!

The fifteenth episode of our latest podcast series - "The Finest Half Hour" - is out now!

The Soviet Union is on the verge of collapse. Nazis are on the doorstep of Moscow. A few short miles and the Soviet capital will fall. This cannot happen. Moscow must be held at all cost. Stalin makes a fateful decision. He will stay. He will not abandon the capital. Will the Wehrmacht break through or will it be too much for them to fight the winter and the Red Army at the same time?

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To tell this story, Wargaming has teamed up with The Tank Museum, Bovington to showcase the IV StuG III Ausf. B . The Sturmgeschutz (StuG) III was based upon the chassis of the Panzer Ill. It was simple and cheap to build, had a low profile and could mount a larger gun than a turret design. Although it would be primarily employed in an anti-tank role, the original purpose of the StuG III was to provide fire support for infantry. Early versions were thus fitted with the short-barreled 75mm StuK37 gun. Later variants were fitted with a 75mm StuK L/48, which could penetrate 85mm of armour at 1,000 metres range, which effectively meant every Allied tank except the Churchill.

The Tank Museum’s Sturmgeschütz 40 III Ausführung G Tank Destroyer has the long barrel 75 mm Stu.K. 40 L/48 main gun. It was used by the Finnish Army to fight the Russians in Finland. It is unusual compared to other StuG IIIs in that the Finnish Army added concrete to the upper hull for additional protection. The crew gave it the nickname 'Maija'.

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