Panzerkampfwagen III

Pz Kpfw II and Pz Kpfw III Ausf. B next to a destroyed bridge in Poland.

Panzer-Regiment 1/1. Panzer-Division

1939-09

Poland

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F during the 1940 Western Front offensive.

1940

Western Europe

Pz Kpfw II and Pz Kpfw III in The Netherlands.

1940-05

Netherlands

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F in a victory parade in Rotterdam on the day of the Dutch capitulation. In the background can be seen several Pz Kpfw I and Pz Kpfw II, and a kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen.

Panzer-Regiment 33/9. Panzer-Division

1940-05-15

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F (front) and Ausf. H (second) advancing on Larissa along a railroad, while passing the Platamon Castle in the background.

1941-04-25

Platamon, Greece

The crew of a Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G rests in the sun after fighting at the Egyptian village As Sallum.

Panzer-Regiment 5/5. Leichte-Division

1941-06-30

As Sallum, Egypt

Another view of three of the tanks in the previous photograph, seen from the side, showing the damage to their drive trains.

3. Panzer-Division

1941-07

Rahachow, Belarus

Knocked-out Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G (tactical number 235) and Pz Kpfw II Ausf. C (left-most, tactical number 402) and B (right-most). The Pz Kpfw II have been retro-fitted with new commander's cupolas and armor, and at least two have smoke dischargers. The vehicles were most likely knocked out during the July 1941 combat near Rahachow.

3. Panzer-Division

1941-07

Rahachow, Belarus

Pz Kpfw III on the highway from Minsk to Moscow.

1941-07-21

Eastern Europe

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. J driving through a burning village.

Panzer-Regiment 7/10. Panzer-Division

1941-10-11

Eastern Europe

Several Pz Kpfw III Ausf. J approaching a Russian village.

Panzer-Regiment 15/11. Panzer-Division

1941-10-29

Russia

Pz Kpfw III carrying a large amount of equipment on its engine deck. The tank is being prepared to drag free a horse carriage that has become stuck in the mud.

1942-04-15

Eastern Europe

The tank of the left is a Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F with face-hardened, 30 mm add-on armor on the front hull and driver's front plate. The tank on the right is a Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G, H, or J carrying an infantry platoon.

14. Panzer-Division

1942-06-10

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Column of Pz Kpfw III driving past burning Soviet trucks.

1942-07-05

Eastern Europe

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L in Voronezh, passing tram waggon 51 of route 10 of the Voronezh tram lines.

24. Panzer-Division

1942-07-15

Voronezh, Russia

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L on the main city square of Voronezh (Ploshchad' Lenina - Lenin's square, founded in 1937 and named in memory of the 20th anniversary of the October Revolution), in front of Voronezh Hotel. The hotel was constructed during the thirties, and was re-build after the war, after being damaged during the German invasion. This Pz Kpfw III has been painted in a camouflage pattern using the tropical camouflage color scheme.

16. Infanterie-Division (motoriziert)

1942-07-22

Voronezh, Russia

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L on the road to Stalingrad.

1942-09-01

Stalingrad, Russia

Pz Kpfw II in a Russian village, together with several Pz Kpfw III and Pz Kpfw IV.

1942-09-03

Rzhev, Russia

Infantry on a ridgeline in the Caucasus mountains, with Pz Kpfw II and Pz Kpfw III passing by.

1942-09-25

Eastern Europe

Two Pz Kpfw III Ausf. N in Tunisia.

1943-03-11

Tunisia

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. M crossing a river, possibly the river Udy north-west of Kharkiv.

3. Panzer-Division

1943-08-13

Ukraine

Five Pz Kpfw IV Ausf. G or H and a Pz Kpfw IV Ausf. D (far right, with add-on frontal armor), as well as three Pz Kpfw III Ausf. N during training outside Viborg, Denmark.

Panzer-Abteilung 55/233. Panzer-Division

1944

Viborg, Denmark

Soldier sitting on the turret of a Pz Kpfw IV Ausf. G or H, in front of a Pz Kpfw III hull, at the train station of Viborg, Denmark.

Panzer-Abteilung 55/233. Panzer-Division

1944-11

Viborg, Denmark

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L having slipped off its railroad transport wagon.

Panzer-Abteilung 55/233. Panzer-Division

1944-11

Viborg, Denmark

A Pz Kpfw IV Ausf. G or H and a Pz Kpfw III hull at the train station of Viborg, Denmark.

Panzer-Abteilung 55/233. Panzer-Division

1944-11

Viborg, Denmark

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. B in snow.

Three Pz Kpfw III, the first one an Ausf. D. The second appears to be towing the third.

Pz Kpfw III Ausf. B driving through snow.

German army base with a wide range of equipment, including a Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G, two le F H 18, two armored cars, and several trucks.

Panzer-Regiment 7/10. Panzer-Division

Several Pz Kpfw II and Pz Kpfw III at a German army base.

Panzer-Regiment 7/10. Panzer-Division

Two Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F, one camouflaged by foliage and with a air recognition flag, the other having slipped off the road.

5. Panzer-Division

This Pz Kpfw III Ausf. F has been penetrated twice, in the side of the turret and the hull, causing the tank to catch fire. The fire has burned away the rubber on the road wheels, the ashes of which can be seen on the ground, and has discolored part of the armor.