SU-152 v Tigs/ Panths advice asked

[PoorOldSpike]

..the Stug III/F...it's cheaper and indestructible from the front by regular Russian armour until the SU-152 (though Valentine IX tanks with 57mm guns can take them out but they are sooooo sloooow).

Yes the Stug IIIF 'late' (remember the 'late', it's a whole lot tougher than the standard IIIF) sends T-34/76's bananas because they can't scratch it frontally..

RUSSIANS WILL HATE THE LATES

In the first half of 1942 two AFV's arrive on the Eastern Front that between them end the dominance of the T-34/76 and KV-1 at a stroke.
The first is the PzIIIJ(late) which arrives in April, its gun has only an average chance of penetrating T-34 hulls frontally, and very little chance of penetrating KV-1's (until it gets tungsten) but its front armour is very difficult for the Russians to penetrate, and the second is the Sturmgeschutz IIIF(late) which arrives in June whose gun can easily take out both Russki types, AND its front can't be penetrated by them.
Make sure you buy the right models, the Pz IIIJ(late) has 70mm armour, and the Stug IIIF(late) has 80mm.
Later on in the war other models will have the same armour and may come cheaper but these babies were the first.