Tier IV Tank Destroyer Germany

StuG III Ausf. B

StuG III B

Tank ID 17937

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

In 1935, Erich von Manstein of the German Army General Staff, in a letter to General Ludwig Beck, described the idea of building assault artillery to support attacking infantry units. Five prototypes of the "zero" series were manufactured in 1937. Early modifications from Ausf.A to Ausf.F/8 were produced until December 1942.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

400

Weight

22.7 t

Forward speed

40 km/h

Reverse speed

14 km/h

View range

310 m

Signal range

415 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	50	30	30
Turret	–	–	–

Engine: Maybach HL 120 TR (B) · 420 hp

Radio: FuG 7

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

7,5 cm Stu.K. 40 L/43 (B)

Calibre 75 mm

Reload time 3.9 s

Aiming time 1.8 s

Dispersion 0.36

Rate of fire 15.38 /min

Ammo capacity 65

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 77 / 103 / 129 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 104 / 139 / 174 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 131 / 175 / 219

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

808

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,175

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,518

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 490

Avg. spotted 0.77

Avg. kills 1.29

Avg. defence 1.22

Exp. win rate 55.87 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

51.40 %

Avg. WN8

1,145

Battles

7,376

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 36 of 57 at Tier IV

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	ArmorSlayerCA na	3,470	99	65.66 %
2	Banned eu	2,760	117	64.96 %
3	Andrei1567 eu	2,135	66	57.58 %
4	BobbyHH_2021 eu	2,046	52	57.69 %
5	Eastfront87 eu	2,024	338	56.80 %
6	juger65 eu	1,770	260	57.31 %
7	KzH_bis__DZE eu	1,686	180	56.67 %
8	escaton eu	1,678	109	55.05 %
9	Snelle_Jelle eu	1,424	189	37.57 %
10	Mr_SlobberKnocker na	1,375	73	50.68 %