Not as familiar with German assault guns, but it's worth noting that the American term "tank destroyer" was, like a tank as discussed in the article, a role-bas

Not as familiar with German assault guns, but it's worth noting that the American term "tank destroyer" was, like a tank as discussed in the article, a role-based term. The M18 Hellcat[0] was a tank destroyer, and looked much like a tank, but the M5 3-inch gun[1] was also a tank destroyer even though it was more similar to an artillery piece than a tank. American tank destroyers, regardless of technical characteristics, were meant to wait for an enemy armored push, then respond to that, freeing up the actual tanks to go off and do their own thing. This was a result of prewar planning seeing that tanks might not be able to mount a good enough gun and have enough armor, but in the event it turned out that the M4's gun was good enough and enemy tank-only pushes didn't happen enough that the tanks couldn't respond to them, so the tank destroyer wound up as more of an assault gun. If you're interested in reading more about American tank destroyers, Gabel, Christopher R. (September 1985), "Seek, strike, and destroy: U.S. Army tank destroyer doctrine in World War II"[2] is not terribly long and is well written [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Hellcat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M18_Hellcat [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-inch_gun_M5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-inch_gun_M5 [3] https://web.archive.org/web/20110601200445/http://www.cgsc.edu/carl/download/csipubs/gabel2.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110601200445/http://www.cgsc.e...