Panzer III
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The Panzerkampfwagen III, commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany, and was used extensively in World War II. The official German ordnance designation was
Panzer III Ausf. F at Musée des Blindés, France
General Hermann Balck (standing left in the cupola) in a Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. H command tank in Greece in April 1941. This vehicle is fitted with a dummy 37mm main gun and a dummy MG 34 co-axial machine gun but has an actual ball-mounted MG 34 machine gun on the right side of the turret's mantlet.
Breech of the 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 of an Ausf. F
Service inspection of a Panzer III Ausf. H in the field; the vehicle is lifted with the standard tank jack carried on-board and the tracks are being removed.
5 cm KwK 39
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The 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 was a German 50 mm calibre tank gun used during the Second World War, primarily as the main armament of later models of the German Panzer III tank from December 1941 onwards. It w
Panzer III
…to be inferior in both armour and firepower to the Soviet KV-1 heavy tanks and T-34 medium tanks. In response, the Panzer III was up-gunned to the 5 cm KwK 39, a longer, more powerful 50-millimetre (1.97 in) gun, and received more armour but still was at disadvantage compared with the Soviet tank designs. As…
5 cm KwK 39/1 from a Sd. Kfz. 234/2 Schwerer Panzerspähwagen "Puma"