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Front cover. At top: Korean modeller Sungjun Jong's Pzkpfw III ausf H

Tauchpanzer submersible tank in 1/35 scale. Additional images of this

model are shown from of the Model Showcase section. The

photographs in the centre depict,from

left to right, Pzkpfw III tanks of an

unidentified

unit pictured

during

the

early stages

of Operation

Barbarossa in June or July 1941, an early Pzkpfw III ausf J of 1.Kompanie,

Panzer-Regiment 35 and a Pzkpfw III Tauchpanzerof I.Abteilung, Panzer-

Regiment 18. The Pzkpfw III ausf G of Panzer-Regiment 3 depicted at the

foot of the page is also shown on of the Camouflage

&

Markings

section.

First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Pen

&

Sword Military

An imprint of Pen

&

Sword Books Ltd

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Copyright

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Sword Ltd, 2019

Artwork copyright DennisOliver

ISBN 978 1526771711

ePUB ISBN: 9781784386665 And Mobi ISBN: 9781784386672

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Contents

The

process

of rearming

the

German

military

after the defeat

of 1918 had in

reality begun in secret before the Treaty of

Versailles

had

been

signed.

The terms

imposed by the victorious Allies drastically

restricted

the

number

of

full-time

personnel

and

the

types

of weapons

allowed

to the Germans

but

both

were

circumvented

in a number

of ingenious

ways, often in direct contravention

of the

agreement

.

By 1933, and the ascension

to power of

Hitler

and

the

National

Socialists,

any

pretence that Germany was abiding by the

terms

of the

Treaty

was

dropped

and

within

two years

the firms

of Daimler-

Benz, Krupp, Maschinenfabrik

Augsburg-

Nurnberg

(MAN) and Rheinmetall-Borsig

had been asked to submit

plans for light

and medium tanks designs. These vehicles

were to replace

the Pzkpfw I and II light

tanks

then

in service,

which

were little

more

than

propaganda

tools,

and

be

capable

of taking

on the

current,

and

anticipated

future,

generations

of enemy

armoured

vehicles. The resulting

designs,

the Pzkpfw III and IV, were indeed a huge

step

forward

in the development

of the

main battle tank and were intended

to be

used in integrated

and massed

armoured

assaults

and not seen as an adjunct

to the

infantry. The lighter vehicle was originally

designated

as

the

37mm

Geschutz-

Panzerwagen

and

later

renamed

Zugfuhrerwagen,

or platoon commander's

vehicle . An important

stipulation

of the

initial specification

was that armour

was

to be provided

on all surfaces,

reflecting

the intention

that the tank was to operate

in the forward element of any assault

and

needed

to be protected

on all sides. The

choice of a suitable weapon was the cause

of controversy

with the Heereswaffenamt,

or army ordnance

department,

believing

that

a 3.7cm

gun

was

sufficient.

The

proponents

of armoured

warfare

and the

tank commanders

themselves

argued

for

the larger 5cm weapon but as the army's

main towed anti-tank

gun was based

on

the Rheinmetall

3.7cm L/45,

the view of

the Heereswaffenamt

prevailed .

After evaluating

the Krupp and Daimler-

Benz

designs

the

Heereswaffenamt

decided

on the latter

and the tank

was

ordered

into production

in 1937 as the

Panzerkampfwagen

(Pzkpfw)

III.

The

development

prototypes

were

fitted

the

3. 7 cm main gun and two machine

guns

and the armour

was of 15mm thickness,

which was able to withstand

any anti-tank

rifle then

in use.

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