Field Marshal von Manstein spoke of this self-propelled gun as “the best means of supporting infantry.” In the Red Army it was called an “artillery assault” and was hated no less than the “tigers” - this squat, stealthy vehicle with a powerful gun and good armor protection was an extremely dangerous enemy. “Artshturm”, or more correctly “Sturmgeshutz” (assault gun) is rightfully considered the most universal and mass-produced self-propelled gun of the Wehrmacht, moreover, the most mass-produced German armored vehicle of the Second World War. Created on the basis of the Pz tank, popular among the troops. III, well-designed, simple and reliable, StuG. III were in production and in service for virtually the entire war - from 1940 to 1945 - becoming the irreplaceable "workhorse" of the Wehrmacht. A new book by a leading Russian expert on the history of armored vehicles is the only serious study to date of the creation, production, modernization and combat use of German assault guns - “Sturmgeshutze”.