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T-34 vs. StuG III - Finland 1944

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Duel - Tanks

MSRP old price: $22.00


Product Info

Title
T-34 vs. StuG III - Finland 1944
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Author
Steven j Zaloga
Publish Year
2019
Pages
80
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.25"
NKG Part #
2147764374
MFG. Part #
OSPDUE096
Type
Softcover
Series
DUE096

Description

In the summer of 1944, the Red Army staged a massive armored assault up the Karelian Isthmus with the intent of eliminating any remaining German and Finnish forces facing the Leningrad region.

Most of the Soviet units sent into Finland were new to the region, moving mainly from the fighting in the Leningrad area. As a result, some had the latest types of Soviet equipment including the new T-34-85 tank, fielded alongside the older T-34-76. Germany refused to sell the Finns new tanks without a reinforced military alliance, but in 1943 began selling them a few dozen StuG III assault guns. This made the StuG III battalion the most modern and powerful element of the Finnish armored division, and it saw very extensive combat in the June-July summer battles.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and an array of archive photographs, this is the absorbing story of the parts played by Soviet and Finnish armor in the epic battles in Finland during June and July 1944.