The Sturmpanzer is a German armoured infantry support gun based on the Panzer IV chassis used in the Second World War. It was used at the Battles of Kursk, Anzio, Normandy, and was deployed in the Warsaw Uprising. It was known by the nickname Brummbär by Allied intelligence, a name which was not used by the Germans. German soldiers nicknamed it the "Stupa", a contraction of the term Sturmpanzer. Just over 300 vehicles were built and they were assigned to four independent battalions.
Sturmpanzer, displayed at the Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France.
A Sturmpanzer in the Anzio-Nettuno area of Italy, March 1944.
Brummbär in March 1944 deployed to contain the Allied beachhead after landings at Anzio.
Sturmpanzer on display at the Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany
The Panzerkampfwagen IV, commonly known as the Panzer IV, is a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161.
A Panzer IV Ausf. G "413" in desert colours, bearing the palm tree insignia of the Afrika Korps, «Friederike» inscribed in Fraktur script on the gun barrel near the mantlet
Panzer IV Ausf. A in 1939
Panzer IV Ausf. C, 1943
Panzer IV Ausf. D in 1940. In addition to armour upgrades, the bow machine gun was re-introduced.
