<p>German WW2 era Medium Tank
Official designation:- Sd.Kfz.141 Panzerkampfwagen III
Built:- 1939-1943.
Total production:- 5774.
Main armament:- 5cm KwK 39 L/60 tank gun.
This is an early production Ausf L, modified for ‘tropical’ use and built by MAN in June 1942. It was sent by rail direct from Nürnberg to Naples and was then shipped aboard the SS Lerica to Benghazi, arriving on 18th July 1942. There it was issued to 7 Kompanie 8th Panzer Regiment, 15th Panzer Division, and probably fought at Alam Halfa. After capture it was shipped to the School of Tank Technology at Chobham Lane, Chertsey, Surrey, before being moved to Bovington. It was put on the museum books in 1951.
Now restored to running order and painted in its original markings, it is a regular performer in the Kuwait Arena and is seen during TankFest 2017.
‘The Tank Museum’, Bovington Camp, Dorset, UK.
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24th June 2017
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/65001151@N03">Alan Wilson</a> from Stilton, Peterborough, Cambs, UK
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