Vehicle:Stug IV

1 Stug IV Veterancy
2 Tactics
3 History
4 Built From
- 4.1 Sturm Armory
5 Doctrinal Abilities
- 5.1 Blitzkrieg
6 Vehicle Abilities
- 6.1 Vehicle Cover
7 Vehicle Weapons
- 7.1 75mm StuG
- 7.2 MG42 Vehicle

Stug IV
	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

Stug IV Veterancy			[Expand][Hide]
	Received Damage	0.85
	MG42 Gunner Add-on Maximum Health	1.15
	StuG Armored Skirts Add-on	1.15

Tactics

StuG IV is turret-less and can be easily flanked, always support it with your infantry
The StuG IV is a good early game tank; its price is quite low and it gives enemy Shermans or Cromwells a hard time. Until this tank has the second veterancy upgrade, it has weak defence against enemy infantry. Stay clear of Anti-Tank infantry.

History

The StuG IV, short for Sturmgeschütz (Assault Gun), was an armoured fighting vehicle based off the Panzer IV chassis. Assault guns were made to provide armored support to the infantry, and were significantly cheaper and faster to build as they didn't have a complicated turret. Designed as a replacement for the StuG III G after the Panzer III chassis factory was bombed heavily, the StuG IV had the same performance in every respect. It's low silhouette and decent frontal amour gave it better protection than the Panzer IV, and it's 7.5cm StuK40 gun was essentially the same as the Panzer IV H's. The lack of internally-fired machine-guns made it vulnerable to infantry, and the machine-gun above the loader's hatch was dangerous to use. It fared poorly if engaged at close range due to missing a turret. The StuG IV, and its predecessor, accounted for many knocked out Allied tanks when deployed in ambush, and functioned best when working closely with infantry.

Built From

Sturm Armory				[Expand][Hide]
	Health	635	Target Type	building
	Cost	24035	Critical Type	building
	Time	120
Hotkey: S	Effects: Deploys the Officer, 234 Heavy Armored Cars, Stug tanks, and the Nebelwerfer Rocket Artillery. ESee Structure:Sturm Armory 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.