New Kharkov '43 Campaign

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I notice that the variant has Stug IIIg and IIIe versions represented in the game. I find it interesting that they have the hard attack strength since the E version had the short barreled 75mm gun as used on the PZIVd. This gun was an infantry support gun and not an anti tank gun. I think that the E version should have its hard attack strength lowered.

Yes. It was noted by BigDuke66.

It was an infantry support gun primary but when Hollow Charge B round (Gr.38 HL/B) went available (it was by the winter of 1942) they could defeat the frontal armor of a T-34 from 1000 meters since it's penetration power was 100mm at 30º angle (T-34 effecitve armor was about 75mm at 30º angle for vehicles up to October of 1943, Gr.38 HL/A round penetrated 70mm with even lower accuracy than B type)... provided StuG would hit, since accuracy over 1000 meters was about 40% despite excellent Sturmartillerie bracket targeting system.
However since average combat distance in the eastern front was about 600-700 meters, the StuG IIIe could hit and destroy an enemy tank with some solvence, that they did at Rzhev, Stalingrad and the Winter Battles from 1942 up to Kharkov 1943 where that very StuG IIIe unit was credit with the destruction of a good number of enemy tanks.
Anyway in the final files they HA value will be lower than the long gun version, since the later had a excellent 97% accuracy at 1000 meters (immobile target) and even more armor penetration.

PS: That's another of my discrepancies regarding McNamara.