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Description
The Panzer III was the mainstay of the German armoured force in the early years of World War II and spearheaded the victories in Poland, Western Europe and the Balkans.
Designed and developed in the mid-1930s, it was originally equipped with a 3.7cm gun and with 30mm thick armour. Early combat in Poland and France saw the need for this to be upgraded, and later models were armed with a5cm KwK L/42 gun and had the frontal armour reinforced to 60mm by adding extra plating. This later version proved to be particularly effective during the campaigns in the Balkans and against British armour in the North African desert campaign.
However, in the first months of Operation Barbarossa – the German invasion of the Soviet Union – it became obvious to battlefield commanders that the Panzer III had become obsolete as a main battle tank and it began to be replaced by the Panzer IV as the main front-line battle tank. The Panzer III was relegated to a secondary role, but its chassis proved the basis for the Sturmgeschutz III which became the most German armoured vehicle of World War II.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Pre-war challenges
Chapter 2 – Development
Chapter 3 – Technical description: Mobility, Armour protection, Weaponry
Chapter 4 – Organization: Equipping the first Panzer divisions
Chapter 5 – In combat: Fall Weiss (Plan White), the invasion of Poland; Fall Gelb,(Plan Yellow), the invasion of France; Unternehmen Marita, The Balkans; Unternehmen Barbarossa; the invasion of the Soviet Union
Chapter 6 – New challenges: Improved armour and better weaponry; Deployment changed from a support tank to a battle tank
Chapter 7 – The North African campaign
Chapter 8 – Russia 1943: The type becomes obsolete as an MBT
Chapter 9 – Conclusion
Index
Acknowledgements
Product details
| Published | 29 Mar 2022 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781472845870 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | Fully illustrated throughout in b&w |
| Dimensions | 242 x 190 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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