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===Perang di Timur dan Akhir Perang===
==Variants and production==
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|+Panzerkampfwagen III production - Medium tanks<ref>Thomas L.Jentz, Hillary Louis Doyle: ''Panzer Tracts No.23 - Panzer Production from 1933 to 1945''</ref>
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|- style="vertical-align:top"
! style="width:10%; text-align:left;" | Ausführung
! style="width:7.5%;" | A
! style="width:7.5%;" | B
! style="width:7.5%;" | C
! style="width:7.5%;" | D
! style="width:7.5%;" | E
! style="width:7.5%;" | F
! style="width:7.5%;" | G
! style="width:7.5%;" | H
! style="width:7.5%;" | J
! style="width:7.5%;" | L
! style="width:7.5%;" | M
! style="width:7.5%;" | N
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| style="text-align:left;" | Year
| 1936
| 1937
| 1937/38
| 1938,1940
| 1939/40
| 1940
| 1940/41
| 1940/41
| 1941/42
| 1941/42
| 1942/43
| 1942/43
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| style="text-align:left;" | Produced
| 10
| 10
| 15
| 25 + 5
| 96
| 450
| 594
| 286
| 1521
| 1470
| 517
| 614
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|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:1px solid #996; background:#996; font-weight:bold; color:#fff;"
| ||colspan="5" | Command tanks || Flame tank
|- style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; background:#ddb;"
! style="width:10%; text-align:left;" | ''Ausführung''
! style="width:7.5%;" | D
! style="width:7.5%;" | E
! style="width:7.5%;" | H
! style="width:7.5%;" | J
! style="width:7.5%;" | K
! style="width:7.5%;" | ''Flamm''
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| style="text-align:left;" | Year
| 1938/39
| 1939/40
| 1940/41
| 1941/42
| 1942/43
| 1943
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | Produced
| 30
| 45
| 175
| 81
| 50
| 100
|}
*Panzer III Ausf. A - Prototype; only 8 armed and saw service in Poland. Armed with [[3.7 cm KwK 36|3.7 cm KwK 36 L/46.5]] main gun, 250 PS HL 108 engine.
*Panzer III Ausf. B - Prototype; some saw service in Poland.
*Panzer III Ausf. C - Prototype; some saw service in Poland.
*Panzer III Ausf. D - Prototype; some saw service in Poland and Norway.
*Panzer III Ausf. E - Suspension redesigned, switching from leaf-springs to torsion-bars, now using 6 larger roadwheels per side. 300 PS HL 120 engine.
*Panzer III Ausf. F - improved Ausf. E, first mass-production version, late production armed with [[5 cm KwK 38|5 cm KwK 38 L/42]] main gun.
*Panzer III Ausf. G - More [[vehicle armour|armour]] on gun mantlet. Armed with 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/46.5 (later 5 cm KwK 38 L/42) gun.
*Panzer III Ausf. H - 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 as standard gun. Bolt-on armour added to front and rear hull (30 mm base + 30 mm plates).
*Panzer III Ausf. I - Variant mentioned in Allied intelligence reports but not an actual existing vehicle. Possible confusion with Ausf. J.
*Panzer III Ausf. J - Hull and turret front armour increased to solid 50 mm plate. Some were produced with [[5 cm KwK 39|5 cm KwK 39 L/60]] gun and later redesignated Ausf. L.
*Panzer III Ausf. K - ''Panzerbefehlswagen'' command tank variant with a modified turret. Carried actual main armament rather than a dummy gun as found on other Panzer III command versions.
*Panzer III Ausf. L - Redesignated Aus. J equipped with long 5 cm gun, 20 mm stand-off armour plates on hull and turret front
*Panzer III Ausf. M - Minor modifications of the ausf. L such as deep-wading exhaust and ''Schürzen'' side-armour panels.
*Panzer III Ausf. N - Infantry support tank, armed with a short barrelled [[7.5 cm KwK 37|7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24]] gun.
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Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-318-0083-30, Polen, Panzer III mit Panzersoldaten.jpg|Ausf. D, Poland (1939)
Image:The British Army in North Africa 1941 E2687.jpg|Ausf.G, captured by the British in North Africa (1941).
Image:PzKpfwIIIH.Saumur.000a1y8q.jpeg|Ausf. H in the Musée des Blindés, Saumur.
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-748-0089-10, Russland, Soldat auf Panzer III J.jpg|Ausf. J, USSR (1942).
Image:Panzerkampfwagen III 4.jpg|Ausf. L, US Army Ordnance Museum (2007) and currently at the National Armor and Cavalry Restoration Shop at Fort Benning, Georgia (2011).
Image:SdKz141-1-1.jpg|Ausf. M, Deutsches Panzermuseum (2005)
Image:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-219-0595-23, Russland-Mitte-Süd, Panzer III.jpg|Ausf. M with side skirts in southern USSR (1943)
</gallery>
==Designs based on chassis==
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