Specification Crew : 4 Engine : Prage EPA & EPA/2 Combat weight : 10.67 tons Max speed : road . 42 km/h Range : 185 km Length : 5.85 m Width : 2.16 m Height : 2.50 m Main gun : One 76.2mm PaK36(r): One 7.92mm MG37 (t) Armour : 10mm to 50mm

The problems faced by the German troops in Russia when they encountered superior Russian armour was to be solved in the short term by the production of the self-propelled anti-tank guns.Since the Pz Kpfw 38(t) was obsolete as a battle tank and considered too slow as a reconnaissance tank , it was ordered that a number of the chassis under construction be converted to gun carriages.A prototype Sf (SP) mounting a Russian 76.2mm gun was built in December 1941 and an order dated 22 December 1941 called for production of 17 units per month from 24th of March 1942 and for capacity of 30 per month from July.Several orders were issued so that eventually 344 were built.From July 1942 Hitler ordered that all Pz Kpfw 38(t) production to be used as Sf.The 76.2mm PaK36(r) was the Russian FK296 rebuilt to German specifications and rechambered to take a PaK40 cartridge.Conversion was made from the large stocks of guns captured during the initial success in Russia. To cope with the greater weight of the self-propelled guns the mortar was increased in power to 150PS.This model was introduced in July 1942 as the Ausf H (chassis numbers from 1601).Served mainly with Panzerjäger detachments in Russia.A total of 66 were dispatched to North Africa where those that arrived from July to November 1942 served with the 33rd Panzerjägeradteilung of the 15th Panzer Division and with the 39th Panzerjägeradteilung.The first six units which arrived in North Africa in May 1942 , remained with the HQ of the Tank Army.