Since we run out of famous tanks, Today we compare tank hunters, Stug III Ausf. G and M18 Hellcat. Tell us which tank hunter you like more and why. You can find the small description of each hunter below.
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Sturmgeschütz III Ausf G (StuG III)
The German assault gun employed as a tank hunter, also known as StuG III. StuG III was built on a chassis of a Panzer III tank, but the turret was replaced with fixed superstructure mounting a more powerful gun. Due to not having a turret, the hunter was cheaper and faster to produce compared to German tanks. For example, it was cheaper than Panzer III. StuG was armed with 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/48 cannon. The StuG III series proved very successful and served on all fronts. Because of their low silhouette, they were easy to camouflage and hard to hit. However, the lack of a turret was a severe disadvantage, so the tank hunters were best used defensively. The StuG assault guns were cost-effective compared to the heavier German tanks, and as the German military situation deteriorated later in the war, more StuGs were built than tanks.
M18 Hellcat
The American tank destroyer, M18 Hellcat was designed from the start to be a fast tank destroyer. It used the same engine and 76mm gun as the Sherman tank but was smaller, lighter, more comfortable, and significantly faster. However, that meant that the armor of the M18 Hellcat was light and provided very little protection from the most commonly used German antitank weapons. Other disadvantages were the inconsistent performance of its 76 mm gun against the frontal armor of later German designs, such as the Tiger and Panther, and the open-topped turret that left the crew exposed to snipers, grenades, and shell fragments. The production of M18 Hellcats ran from July 1943 to October 1944, and they were used in the Italian, European, and Pacific theatres, and even in the Korean War.