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
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
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
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
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. L having slipped off its railroad transport wagon.
Panzer-Abteilung 55/233. Panzer-Division
1944-11
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. B driving through snow.
Three Pz Kpfw III, the first one an Ausf. D. The second appears to be towing the third.
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. B in 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
Soldiers examine the damage of a knocked-out Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F.
Eastern Europe
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G entering a river.
This Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G, having slipped off the road, is being salvaged by a Zugkraftwagen 18 t (Sd Kfz 9).
Soldiers remove debris, after the bridge collapsed under the weight of this Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G.
Column of Pz Kpfw III Ausf. H or J.
Parked Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F, with a column of Pz Kpfw II behind it.
Column of Pz Kpfw II and Pz Kpfw III.
Eastern Europe
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G.
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. H converted to Tauchpanzer (amphibian tank).
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. E or F converted to Tauchpanzer (amphibian tank).
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G scaling a slope.
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G on the move during a training excercise.
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. H (front) with 30 mm add-on armor and several Pz Kpfw III Ausf. J with spaced armor.
A group of soldiers on a Pz Kpfw III Ausf. D.
Two Pz Kpfw III Ausf. D with crews and children in front of a city hall. Notice the tactical number style on the front corner of the hull.
Germany
Column of Light Tank, M3 passing a knocked-out Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. C or D and a Pz Kpfw III Ausf. J in North Africa.
North Africa
This Pz Kpfw III Ausf. L has an oil drum on its engine deck, and a line to the muzzle cap to allow its quick removal from inside the tank.
Knocked-out Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G or H, with the graves of four of its crew.
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
Pz Kpfw III Ausf. G or H with two Pz Kpfw II.
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.