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Panzerbeobachtungswagen III

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 2nd, 2010%

Panzerbeobachtungswagen III (Pz Beob Wg III) were German armored, fully-tracked artillery observation vehicles developed on obsolete PzKpfw. III chassis. The hull machine gun and main armament were removed to allow more interior space for radios and equipment. A single machine gun was mounted in the center of the mantlet alongside dummy armament. Approximately 260 Panzer III chassis were modified from Feb. 1943 to April 1944.

The following photographs of Panzerbeobachtungswagen III were included in a confidential SHAEF intelligence publication on German tanks: Summary of German Tanks in Photographs, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, October 1944.

Pz III Beob Wg Beobachtungswagen WWII

Panzerbeobachtungswagen III

Panzer III Beobachtungswagen

WW2 Pzkpfw III Artillery Observation Post
 

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Blitzkrieg, France 1940

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 1st, 2010%

Two recent 1/35th Dragon kits depicting German men and panzers during the Blitzkrieg in France in summer of 1940. The first kit is a Panzer III Ausf. E equipped as the vehicle was used in the Blitzkrieg. The second kit is a set of four figures from from the 11th Panzer “Ghost” Division.

Pz Kpfw III Ausf E, France 1940 Blitzkrieg, Dragon Smart Kit Ghost Division Tank Crew, Blitzkrieg May 1940 -- 11th Panzer Division

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Panzer III of sPzAbt. 501 in Tunisia

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on November 25th, 2009%

Photographs of Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. N of sPzAbt. 501 in Tunisia:


No. 03 Panzer III Ausf. N of sPzAbt. 501 in Tunisia 03
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No. 113 Panzer III Ausf. N of sPzAbt. 501 in Tunisia 113
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Knocked out by the British in January 1943.
 
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Knocked out near Beja during Operation Ochsenkopf.
 
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Knocked out, probably during Operation Ochsenkopf.
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Video of sPzAbt. 501 Tigers in Tunisia

By Lone_Sentry_Admin, on October 24th, 2009%

At least one video exists of the Panzer IIIs and Tigers of sPzAbt. 501 in Tunisia. The video footage of the unit crossing a stream can be found on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mak8V0eqcMs#t=9m06s.

A photographer was also present at the crossing and several well-known photographs of the scene are in the Bundesarchiv collection on Wikipedia: 101I-788-0017-02, 101I-788-0017-06, 101I-788-0017-09, 101I-788-0017-19, 101I-788-0017-20.

Video was also taken of the Tiger grave at Beja by U.S. cameramen. This video footage can also be found at YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezqIXn5OnyI#t=0m8s. The footage clearly shows the location of the Tiger turret at the front of the destroyed column.

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