| The Shadow | 03 Apr 2022 9:21 a.m. PST |
My Africa Korp. card set Panzer III card gives the following description for a Panzer III: Panzer III (long 5cm) Which model Panzer III does this represent? |
| 14Bore | 03 Apr 2022 9:27 a.m. PST |
link Had a better site saved on yahoo older tablet but this looks good. |
| 14Bore | 03 Apr 2022 9:37 a.m. PST |
Ausf N seems to be the answer |
| BBT2020 | 03 Apr 2022 9:51 a.m. PST |
I think you are looking for the "Mark III Special".
PzKpfw.III Ausf L with a 50mm KwK 39 L/60. |
| Kuznetsov | 03 Apr 2022 11:21 a.m. PST |
Based on this: link I think the correct answer is Panzer III J (Late). Short 5cm – III J
Long 5cm – III J (Late)
Long 5cm (Uparmored) – III L This would be the old model: link |
| 14Bore | 03 Apr 2022 12:56 p.m. PST |
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| Kuznetsov | 03 Apr 2022 1:25 p.m. PST |
OP specified "long 5cm" and a Panzer III N is a short 7.5cm. |
| KarlBergman | 03 Apr 2022 8:19 p.m. PST |
14Bore The Panzer III N had the short 75. |
| The Shadow | 03 Apr 2022 8:52 p.m. PST |
I think that Kuznetsov is correct. It's a PZ III J. I plan to build me armies in 6mm, and GHQ shows the "J" version as being the "long" version. Thanks for all of your replies. |
| BBT2020 | 03 Apr 2022 10:12 p.m. PST |
My copy of George Bradford's "Rommel's Afrika Korps" has pictures of Mark III J and Mark III L with the 50mm L/60 long gun. Most Mark III J models in Afrika seem to be armed with the shorter 50mm L/42. |
| McWong73 | 04 Apr 2022 2:31 p.m. PST |
Later production run PzIIIJ's had the long 5cm. Uparmoured versions were designated IIIL. |
| Martin Rapier | 06 Apr 2022 12:08 a.m. PST |
The first long 50s were J (with new guns), followed by L. At Gazala they were pretty much all uogunned J (and present in very small numbers). |
was going to do the rifle teams next, but he forgot something… 
