Pz Kpfw III Ausf E

The Ausf E returned the Pz Kpfw III to a six road wheel design with torison bar suspension capable of carrying it's increased 19.5 ton weight - a design which remained for the rest of its produciton variants. The Ausf E also had increased armour, a bigger engine and a new gearbox and was the first Panzer III to go into extended production between 1938 and 1939. Still armed with the 3.7cm KwK L/46.5 gun, a number of Ausf E were converted between August 1940 until 1942 to mount the 5cm KwK L/42

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