Pioneers of Panzertechnik Episode 4 - Panzer 3 - The Tank who had to swap the Role.

There were pre-production models
but 1939
finally the middle tank III ran
from the band. As standard model
he had first a
3,5cm, later 5cm cannon
for tank fighting
stocked
The Panzer III was first
an important medium
german tank. There were
5700 tanks III built.
With the always
better getting enemy tanks
Panzer III lost his
Role as main type in the
Armored Corps. He got one
short 7.5cm cannon
then supported the Panzer IV
Much more successful was
a variation of the Panzer III:
the assault gun III
From assault gun III
were more than 10,500 pieces
in action, almost twice as
many as of the regular battle tank III
Another variant of the
Panzer III was later the:
Striker howitzer 42