Dragon 1:35 10.5cm Sturmhaubitze 42 Ausf.G w/Zimmerit

The Sturmhaubitze or StuH was a version of the StuG assault gun, armed with a 105mm light field howitzer. It was originally designed in 1941 to provide the assault gun detachments with a more powerful weapon that could be used as both an infantry support weapon and as a bunker buster. By the time it entered service the standard StuG had developed into a powerful anti-tank weapon, firing armour piercing rounds, leaving the Sturmhaubitze to provide more of the infantry support fire.

In March 1942 Alkett mounted an experimental le.FH.18 howitzer in the chassis of a StuG III Ausf.E, and the first nine of the development series had been completed by October 1942. They were then sent to 3.Batterie/Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 185 (third battery of assault gun detachment 185), and saw combat south of Leningrad in late November.