The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series - Vol. Ill ot! —aaa & Its Variants WALTER J. SPIELBERGERContents Foreword ‘The Panzer III & Its Variants ‘Zugfidhrerwagen — Development Contract, MAN, Daimler-Benz, Rheinmetall, Krupp PKW III (87mm) Ausf. A, 1/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III (87mm) Ausf. B, 2/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III (87mm) Ausf. C, 8a/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III (87mm) Ausf. D, 3b/ZW, Daimler-Benz Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. DI, ex-Ausf. A, 8c/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW IIL (87mm) Ausf. E, 4/2W-ZW 38, Daimler-Benz Panzerbefehlswagen III Aust. F, ex-Ausf. B, 42/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III (87mm) Ausf. F, 5/ZW, various PKW III (87mm) Ausf. G, 6/ZW, various PKW III (50mm) Ausf. H, 7/ZW, various Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. H, ex-Ausf. C, 7a/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III (Tp), ZW, various PKW III (Amphibian), ZW, various PKW III (50mm L/42) Aust. J, 8/ZW, various PKW III (50mm L/60) Ausf. J, 8/ZW, various Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. K, 8a/ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW IIT (50mm L/60) Aust. L, 9/2W, various PKW III with 0725 Weapon — Experimental, ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III with Panzer IV Turret — Proposal, ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW IIL with Pak 38, ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW III (50mm L/60) Aust. M, 10/2W, various PKW III (FI), 10/2W, MIAG/Wegmann PKW III (75mm) Ausf. N, 11/2W, various Panzerbeobachtungswagen IIT (unarmed), ZW, Daimler-Benz Panzerbeobachtungswagen III (armed), ZW, Daimler-Benz PKW VK, 2001 (DB), ZW 40, Daimler-Benz ‘87mm Pak (S-P) on Pz II Chassis — Prototype, LaS 100, MAN, 37mm Pak (S-P) on Pz IV Chassis — Prototype, BW, Krupp Selbstfahrlafeue IIT b, 2/ZW, Daimler-Benz S-P for 75mm Sturmgeschiitz, O series, 5/ZW, Daimler-Benz S-P for 75mm Sturmgeschiitz Ausf. A, 5/ZW, Daimler-Benz/ALKETT S-P for 75mm Sturmgeschiitz Ausf. B, 7/ZW, Daimler-Benz/ALKETT ‘Toma Sturmgeschiitz Austs C, D, E, ZW, ALKETT. ‘T5mm Sturmgeschiitz L/38, ZW, Daimler-Benz ‘Tom Sturmgeschiitz L/43 — Experimental, ZW, Daimler-Benz ‘Tomm Sturmgeschiitz 40 Aust. F, ZW, various ‘New Sturmgeschiitz — Design, ALKETT ‘Tomm Sturmgeschiitz 40 Ausf. F/8, ZW, various 105mm Sturmhaubitze 42 Ausf. F, ZW, various ‘Tomm Sturmgeschiitz 40 Ausf. G, ZW, various 105mm Sturmhaubitze 42 Ausf. G, ZW, various 8 12 4 4 4 16 7 26 27 27 27 36 37 39 49 58 56 56 58 58 59 59 59 62 68 2 ” 9 79 85 88 88 90 90 99 100 103 108 103 105 105150mm sIG on Sturmgeschiitz 40 — Proposal, ZW, ALKETT Sturminfanteriegeschiitz $3, ZW, ALKETT Schnelles, Leichte Panzerfahrzeug, heavily armed — Project, Daimler-Benz PKW III for Railroad Transport — Prototype, ZW, Sauter Minenriumpanzer III — Prototype, ZW, Daimler-Benz Pionierpanzerwagen III, ZW, Daimler-Benz Schlepper III — Rebuilt, ZW, Various Munitionspanzer TI, ZW, various Instandsetzungskraftwagen III (repair), ZW, various Sturmgeschiltz 40 as Ammunition Tank, ZW, various Bergepanzer III, ZW, various ‘Street-learing Tank ITI, ZW, various Gert 814/Geschiitzwagen 684/6 for leFH 18/40/6/ SE —Project, ZW Geriit 815 /Geschiltzwagen 6834/4 (KBF 48/2 Sf) — Project, ZW Gert 816/Geschiitrwagen 684/3 (21 em GrW Sf) — Project, ZW Sturmgeschiitz 40 with Flamethrower — Project, ZW, ALKETT SU 762 — Rebuilt Russian 7.62 cm Pak (r) on PKW III, ZW PKW IIMV and Its Variants PKW III n.A. (new version) — Proposal PKW IV n.A. (new version) — Proposal PKW III + IV — Proposal PKW 604/9, ex-Panzer II long (A) 75mm Pak 48, Krupp-Gruson. PKW 604/10 Diesel Basic Vehicle, Krupp-Gruson. Fahrzeug 604/11, ex-21-559 (604-10) w/ 75mm Pak 43, ALKETT PKW 604/15, Device 561 Gert 804, Geschiitzwagen III/IV for leFH 18/40/2 St Gert 807, Geschiitzwagen IIV/IV for sFH 18/1 St Gert 812, Geschiltzwagen IV/IV for sFH 18/5 St Geriit 821, 75mm L/48 Panzerjiger TIL/IV on Panzer IV chassis, ALKETT. Geriit 824, Einheitsfabrzeug IIV/TV as Tank, Krupp-Gruson Gert 565, Lastentrdiger 604/14 for 30.5 cm Mortar Leichter Panzerjiiger III/IV — Project, ALKETT/MIAG ‘Tomm Sturmgeschiitz IL/V L/70 — Project, various 105mm Sturmhaubitze IIV/IV — Project, ALKETT Schwere Panzerhaubitee III/IV, Steel Industry Munitionsfahrzeug for Schwere Panzerhaubitze IIV/IV, Steel Industry Leichte Panzerhaubitze IIV/IV, Stee] Industry Munitionsfahrzeug for Leichte Panzerhaubitze III/IV, Steel Industry Sturmpanzer IN/IV Flakpanzer IIV/IV “Kugelblitz” Technical Data Bibliography Abbreviations 128 128 128 124 124 124 124 124 124 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 128 138 138 136 136 136 136 136 136 136 186 136 136 136 136 186 136 136 136 186 186 186 136 140 166 166