Destroyed by a powerful explosion of the German StuG III Ausf. G assault gun. Judging from the heavily damaged the conning tower, it is a direct hit by a large-caliber projectile (eg, howitzers), or the detonation of ammunition StuG III assault gun.
Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) – medium weight German self-propelled artillery unit class assault guns of World War II on the basis of the tank PzKpfw III. Commercially produced in different versions from 1940 to 1945 and became the most massive in numbers representative of armored Wehrmacht (produced 8636 units of SPG with 75-mm guns).