Hetzer and the Stug-3

Did it become a thing of economics and the Hetzer was easier and cheaper to produce.
They were pretty similar, weren't they.?
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I think that the Hetzer was a way to better use the production of the Czech Skoda factory (I think) as the components were based on previous Czech tanks, and thus did not require as extensive retooling as would be needed by completely changing what was being made there.

It was never a question of one or the other.

 

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After the Alkett factory was hit in a bombing raid it was decided that to make up for the lost production capacity BMM in Prague was assessed as an alternative production plant, unfortunately the lifting capacity at BMM, used to the 9.5ton Pzkpfw 38(t), was not capable of lifting the 24ton of a completed StuG III. Therefore designs for what eventually became the Jagdpanzer 38(t) were drawn up in December 1943 and the first vehicles were completed in March 1944, Skoda at Pilsen joined in production and completed their first vehicles in July 1944.

 

Spotted online. A StuG III G has been discovered recently at Nordholz near Cuxhaven. It seems in remarkable condition.