Pz.III B
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Description
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General info
Survivability and armour
Like many low-BR tanks, it is frontally pennable by .50cal machine guns found on most American tanks, as well as the French P.7T AA and the Russian GAZ (4M) DshK. Every low tier cannon except the French 37mm SA18 L/21 has no trouble penetrating you anywhere. The crew is well-spaced out, however, so you can generally survive a frontal pen or two.
Mobility
The Pz.III B has average to below-average mobility for low tier with 35kph top speed, and useable but not great reverse speed of 5.5kph. Power/Weight Ratio is 20.8hp/ton in Arcade, but only 15.62 in RB/SB, which is average to below-average.
Armaments
Main armament
The Pz.III B is the first vehicle in the German ground tree armed with the 37 mm KwK 36. This gun has two ammo types, PzGr. APHE with 46 mm penetration at point blank range against flat armour, and the PzGr.40 with 91 mm penetration at point blank range against flat armour.
The PzGr. APHE fires at 745 m/s and has a 13 g PETN explosive mass with a TNT equivalent of 22 g. With 46mm pen, it is sufficient to harm most things it comes across, but is best used in side shots.
The PzGr.40 APCR fires at 1020 m/s and pens 91 mm.
Machine guns
This vehicle has two coaxial 7.92mm MG34 machine guns, which helps with very common flak trucks and such that you encounter at low tiers.
Usage in the battles
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This tank is more or less average in most respects. American and Russian reserves best it in speed. British reserves have similar speed, worse reverse, much better guns, better gun depression, and similar armor. French reserves have worse guns but nearly double the frontal armor. Japanese reserves have better speed, nearly identical guns, and much better gun depression. Italian reserves are slower, have slower fire rates, and have much better armor.
Pros and cons
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Pros:
- Decent top speed of 35kph
- Reasonable acceleration to achieve top speed
- Gun works well enough against most things you encounter, though side shots are preferable.
- Has high-penetration APCR to deal with more irritating opponents frontally
Cons:
- Easily incapacitated by .50cal machine guns common at the tier, even frontally
- Only stock shell has useful postpen damage, but it can barely kill M3 Stuarts frontally ever since 1.85's ammo standardization
- APCR postpen damage is generally terrible, yet tank has to rely on this a lot of the time for frontal pens
- slow turret traverse like many early German tanks of only 5.1 degrees/sec
- Requires APCR to pen even the side of the fairly common French B1 bis.
- Roof armor thin enough to be penned by .50cal machine guns
History
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Media
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Read also
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