Panzer III

[Nemisis]

Yup, I'm asking for a panzer III again.

I want the Panzer III Ausf J (for early war, to combat the T-34), and the Ausf L for mid/late war (because it would be fun to drive a Panzer III in an arena dominated by M4's, and Tigers).


Ausf. J
Front armor: 50 mm plate
50mm KwK38 L42
40 km/h (25 mph) road, 20 km/h (12 mph) off road

Ausf. L
Front armor: 50mm+20mm plate
50mm KwK39 L60
40 km/h (25 mph) road, 20 km/h (12 mph) off road

Frontal armor is just 10mm thinner than that of the Panzer IV. Gun would be capable of dealing with all tanks, given you would have to get in close for most.

[Guppy35]

I'm a fan of the Mk III history wise.  I think you'd have to go with the F or G for early war or scenario use such as North Africa. Short barrel 50

The Late J or L for midwar.  Then there essentially gone outside of the command tanks and the occasional N

[vonKrimm]

I think the Ausf. H for EW would be a better choice; it had the 30mm plate plus the 30mm bolt-on for front, rear and turret superstructure.  A net of 60mm over the J1's 50mm.  The Ausf. L or Ausf. J2 for the MW/LW would be fine; until we have HEAT rounds (where spaced armor makes a difference), these are pretty much equal tanks in AH.

If PzIIIs ever make it into AH, all the other tanks will need their ENY lowered, except maybe the M4(75) and probably the T-34/76.

[Guppy35]

You want this one

a IIIG

[321BAR]

i wouldnt mind it

[stealth]

We always need more Machines of War in this game.

[Nemisis]

Oops forgot about the Ausf H. Yeah, lets get the Ausf H, and ausf L.

The gun isn't so much of an issue (really, anything is better than the M8 we have stacked against the T-34 in the EW arena), its more of the armor. If we can kill tanks with M8's, we should have no problem with even the short barreled 50mm. The long barreled version (ausf L) is just to make it more competitive in the LW arenas.

[bravoa8]

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Perfect we need both of these.