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Soviet Anti-StuG Tactics

A look at Soviet guidelines to fight German assault guns (Sturmgeschütze) generally called “StuGs”. Based on guidelines from the Soviet Artillery Journal Issue from May/June 1943. This video also gives some context on how the Soviets perceived German assault guns during the Second World War. Check out the Stuka - The Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber Book campaign here: http://stukabook.com Original Cover Image: https://flickr.com/photos/92487715@N03/9447634023 by Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada, at anadian War Museum, Vimy Pl, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en Modification of the Cover Image by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOKS «« » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Nachrichtenblatt der Panzertruppen, Nr. 10, April 1944. Generalinspekteur der Panzertruppen Vorschriftenstelle: Germany, 1944. Töppel, Roman: Kursk 1943: the greatest battle of the Second World War. Helion & Company: Warwick, UK, 2018. Searle, Alaric: Armoured Warfare: A Military, Political and Global History. Bloomsbury Academic, An Imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc: London, UK, 2017. Zamulin, V.N.: The Battle of Kursk: Controversial & Neglected Aspects. Helion & Company Limited: Solihull, West Midlands, UK, 2017. Zetterling, Niklas: Frankson, Anders: Kursk 1943: A Statistical Analysis. Frank Cass: London, UK, 2000. Glantz, David M.: Colossus reborn: the Red Army at war: 1941-1943. University Press of Kansas: Kansas, 2005. Zaloga, Steve: SU-76 Assault Gun. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, UK, 2019. Glantz, David M.; Orenstein, Harold S.: The Battle for Kursk, 1943: The Soviet General Staff Study. Frank Cass: London, UK ; Portland, Oregon, USA, 1999. Dunn, Walter S.: Hitler’s Nemesis: The Red Army, 1930-45. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, PA, 2009. Soviet Documents on the Use of War Experience: Volume III: Military Operations 1941 and 1942. translated by Orenstein, Harold S. Routledge: London, UK, 2016. Soviet Documents on the Use of War Experience: Volume I: The Initial Period of War 1941. translated by Orenstein, Harold S. Routledge: London, UK, 2015. TsAMO: F. 500, Op. 12480, D. 137: Sturmgeschütz-Schule Lehrstab: Merkblatt – Die Geschützbedienung, Burg b. M., Oktober 1943. http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1935-akte-137-bersetzte-beutedokumente-zu-panzertruppen-sturmgesch-tzen-und-zur-panzerabwehr-verh-re-deutscher-kriegsgefangener-ausbildungsmaterial-merkbl-tter-u-a#page/508/mode/inspect/zoom/4 Pöhlmann, Markus: Der Panzer und die Mechanisierung des Krieges: Eine deutsche Geschichte 1890 bis 1945. Ferdinand Schöningh: Paderborn, 2016. Spielberger, Walter; Doyle, Hilary Lous: Sturmgeschütze: Entwicklung und Fertigung der sPak. Motorbuch Verlag: 2014. #Sturmgeschütz,#SovietAntiStugTactics,#WW2

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Steve Coscia

Informative video. Thank you. Interesting to see Russian and German detailed procedures to maximize their effectiveness.

Robert Henry Illston

I guess this helps explain the continued use and reliance on anti-"tank" rifle units by the Soviets even after Panzer Is and IIs no longer dominated the battle field, the units had become anti-STUG units.

Military History Visualized

Well, the anti-tank rifles were a serious threat to the Panzer III and IV as well, after all the Germans introduced the Tank Skirts to protect them against the PTRD and PTRS, as explained in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaLyAjAjoDM If am not mistaken, the Panther II was first proposed because the side armor of the initial Panther would also be vulnerable to the Anti-Tank Rifles. The other aspect is, there were also plenty of other lightly armored vehicles around like armored cars, halftracks, etc.