Surviving_Panzer_III.pdf

Surviving Panzer III Tanks

Last update : 15 January 2011

Listed here are the Panzer III tanks that still exist today.

“181010”, April 2008 - http://good-times.webshots.com/album/563129459ogPhBL?start=0

PzKpfw. III Ausf. F – Musée des Blindés, Saumur (France)

Roger Davis, May 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=7208

PzKpfw. III Ausf. F – Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA) – running condition

Michael Green, May 2006 - http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/pziii.htm

PzKpfw. III Ausf. F – Patton Museum, Fort Knox, KY (USA)

Unknown source, photo provided by Dmitry Bushmakow

PzKpfw. III Ausf. J – "Stalin Line" Museum, Zaslavl', Minsk Voblast (Belarus)

This vehicle is now at the “Stalin Line” museum, without its turret.

The photo shows the Panzer III before its transfer to the “Stalin Line” museum (Dmitry Bushmakow)

“zzuka”, November 2006 - http://forum.globus.tut.by/viewtopic.php?t=1093&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. F – Bunichevo park, Mogilev, Mahilyow Voblast (Belarus)

Alexeï Trufanov, August 2007 - http://picasaweb.google.com/Aleksey.Trufanov/lFpMgB

PzKpfw. III Ausf. H – Academy of the armed forces of the Ukraine, Kiev (Ukraine)

This tank fall from a pontoon bridge in the Bug river in 1944, during a soviet bombing, it was recovered in the 90s (Rafał Białęcki). Pics

of the recovery : http://www.detektorweb.cz/index.4me?s=show&lang=1&i=12975

Pedro Valverde, August 2008

PzKpfw. III Ausf. J – Kolbpak forest, Putivl, Sumy Oblast (Ukraine)

"Taranov", April 2007 - http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=6736

PzKpfw. III Ausf. J – Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia)

It carries a L/42 gun, some parts of the hull are not original (“Taranov”).

The upper front part of the hull (with hatches) is from a StuG III (Alex Pankov)

Unknown source, photo from August 2007 provided by “Sander D”

PzKpfw. III Ausf. J – Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia)

Fahrgestell number 72527, produced by MAN in late December 1941 or January 1942 ("Taranov"). On a photo made at Kubinka in

1946 , "the White phantom" - the emblem of 11th Panzer-Division - is visible on this tank.

Characteristic for this division is two-valued tactical number "24".

However, the 11th division didn’t fight at Stalingrad, but tried to make the way to the encircled troops (Alex Pankov)

”Peeteekayy”, June 2009 - http://www.flickr.com/photos/26943652@N05/sets/72157620649180188/

PzKpfw. III Ausf. L – Bovington Tank Museum (UK) – running condition

This tank is an early production Ausf. L, modified for “tropical” service. It was shipped via Naples to Benghazi in Libya in July 1942,

arriving on the SS Lerica on 18 July. It was issued to the 8th Panzer Regiment, part of the 15th Panzer Division and probably fought in

the battle of Alam Halfa. It was subsequently captured by the British Army and shipped to the UK; the details of its’ capture and

subsequent history are unclear. The Museum’s staff have restored the tank to running order, have repainted it in its’ original

camouflage and markings and are currently replacing many of the ancillary tools and equipment that it carried

(Official information from the museum)