StuG Company*
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The StuG IIIG was considered the best and most capable armoured vehicle in Finnish service before the introduction of the T-54 "Nikita". The StuGs were not to be used as a StuG battalion as was done in 1944, but rather as companies in tank battalion, just like all the other tanks were used. The StuGs were not used in training of the tankers, but were stored to prevent breaking them up.*
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The StuGs were also to be used as the tanks - to support the bicycle/ski equiped Jaeger battalions. This tactical thinking gave the armoured vehicles the role of a mobile pillbox to move along the attacking infantry and to destroy enemy weapon positions. The StuG as a weapon was considered especially vulnerable to enemy AT-weapons as it had no rotating turret, and the vehicles would receive infantry from the Jaeger battalions for close protection.* 