Taken from the same series of photographs, at left is a Sturmgeschütz III Ausf G and at right a Sturmgeschütz IV. Interesting features include the Zusatzpanzer bolted-on armour of the Sturmgeschütz III and the concrete block in front of the driver’s position of the Sturmgeschütz IV.
These vehicles may be serving with Panzerjäger-Ersatz-und Ausbildungs-Abteilung 43 based at Spemberg in eastern Germany, south of Cottbus near the present Polish border. This formation was responsible for training replacement crews for Panzerjäger-Abteilungen 3, 43, 130 Lehr, 150, 168, 176, 208, 278, 293, 309, 333, 359, 519, 559, 655, 657,681, 684, 685 and 1563.