Vehicle:StuH 42

1 StuH 42 Veterancy
2 Tactics
3 History
4 Requires
- 4.1 Urban Assault Support
5 Called In Using
- 5.1 Urban Assault Support
6 Doctrinal Abilities
- 6.1 Blitzkrieg
7 Vehicle Abilities
- 7.1 Vehicle Cover
8 Vehicle Weapons
- 8.1 105mm StuH
- 8.2 MG42 Vehicle

StuH 42
	Health	400	Max Speed	5	Sight	35
	Cost	34050	Acceleration	1.7	Detection	0/0
	Time	50	Deceleration	2
Hotkey: S	Population	4	Rotation	30	Target Type	armour_stug
	Upkeep	10.752	Crush Human	true	Critical Type	armour
			Crush Mode	crush_medium	Rear Damage Enabled	true

StuH 42 Veterancy			[Expand][Hide]
	Received Damage	0.85
	MG42 Gunner Add-on Received Penetration	0.85
	StuG Armored Skirts Add-on

Tactics

StuHs are excellent at clearing out buildings that have infantry inside of them, or demolishing base structures.
The StuH's gun is not useful against heavy armor, and is better suited against light armor or infantry.
The weapon's splash radius is much higher than the actual target damage. Whenever you engage large groups of infantry, use the 'Attack Ground' command instead of right-clicking an enemy squad. You'll notice a huge difference.

History

The StuH 42, short for Sturmhaubitze 42 (Assault Howitzer) was an assault gun developed from the Panzer III chassis, similar to the StuG III G assault guns that supported the infantry divisions. Unlike the StuG III G and StuG IV, the StuH 42's 10.5cm gun was a lower velocity field gun for fire support against softer targets. Its role was to knock-out defenses that were holding up the infantry advance, though its gun could defeat lighter amour at short range. Not many StuH 42s were made through-out the war, and the need fell sharply when Germany was put on the defense.

The StuH 42 in Company of Heroes is historically inaccurate in that it uses the Panzer IV chassis rather than a Panzer III chassis.

Requires

Urban Assault Support				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	3	Time
Hotkey:	Effects: Call an Off-Map Stuh 42 assault howitzer to the battlefield. Ideal for urban assault operations. ESee Upgrade:Urban Assault Support for details.

Called In Using

Urban Assault Support				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	600	Activation	targeted
	Duration	0	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	30
Hotkey:	Effects: Call in a StuH 42 Assault Gun. ESee Ability:Urban Assault Support for details.

Doctrinal Abilities

Blitzkrieg				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost	150	Activation	timed
	Duration	30	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	60
Hotkey:	Effects: All Tanks and Armored Vehicles move more quickly, crush everything in their path, and fire more frequently. Infantry sprint to keep pace. ESee Ability:Blitzkrieg for details.

Vehicle Abilities

Vehicle Cover				[Expand][Hide]
	Cost		Activation	always_on
	Duration	_	Target	tp_any
	Recharge	0
Hotkey:	Effects: $0 no key ESee Ability:Vehicle Cover for details.