Panzer III

E80361

German tank World War II tank medium tank

The Panzer III was a German medium tank widely used by the Wehrmacht in the early years of World War II, particularly during the invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German tank → World War II tank → medium tank →
armourThickness	up to 70 mm on later variants →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfOrigin	Germany →
crew	5 →
crewPositions	commander → driver → gunner → loader → radio operator →
designer	Daimler-Benz →
enginePower	300 hp →
engineType	Maybach HL120 TRM →
era	early World War II →
height	2.5 m (approximate) →
introduced	1939 →
length	5.38 m hull length (approximate) →
manufacturer	Alkett → Daimler-Benz → Henschel → MAN → MIAG →
maximumSpeed	40 km/h → about 25 mph →
NATOReportingName	Sd.Kfz. 141 →
numberBuilt	over 5700 →
primaryArmament	3.7 cm KwK 36 L/45 → 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 → 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 →
primaryArmamentVariant	7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 →
productionEnd	1943 →
productionStart	1939 →
replacedBy	heavier German tanks such as the Panther →
role	anti-tank combat → infantry support →
sawActionIn	Battle of France → Eastern Front → Invasion of Poland → North African Campaign → Operation Barbarossa →
secondaryArmament	7.92 mm MG34 machine guns →
successor	Panzer IV →
suspension	torsion bar →
usedAsChassisFor	StuG III → StuH 42 →
usedBy	Nazi Germany → Wehrmacht →
usedUntil	late stages of World War II in secondary roles →
variant	Panzer III Ausf. A → Panzer III Ausf. B → Panzer III Ausf. C → Panzer III Ausf. D → Panzer III Ausf. E → Panzer III Ausf. F → Panzer III Ausf. G → Panzer III Ausf. H → Panzer III Ausf. J → Panzer III Ausf. L → Panzer III Ausf. M → Panzer III Ausf. N →
weight	approximately 23 tonnes →
width	2.95 m (approximate) →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. A") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. B") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. C") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. D") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. E") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. F") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. G") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. H") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. J") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. L") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. M") → Panzer III ("Panzer III Ausf. N") →	variant
21st Panzer Division → 21st Panzer Division → 7th Panzer Division →	equipment
2nd Panzer Army → 3rd Panzer Army ("Panzer III tanks") → German-Italian Panzer Army ("German Panzer III tanks") →	usedEquipment
StuG III →	basedOnChassis
Panzer II →	successor
Panzer division →	typicalEquipment