Tank Craft 52 Panzer III Light Tank (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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In July 1943 the German army launched what was to be its last major offensive on Soviet soil. Codenamed Operation Citadel, the attack had initially been scheduled to commence in May but was postponed by Hitler on a number of occasions to allow the divisions in the East to be reinforced and to ensure that new designs and innovations could be deployed.

By this time the importance of the Panzerkampfwagen III, or Pz.Kpfw. III, which was commonly known as the Panzer III, the first German tank to be mass produced and the backbone of the Panzer regiments that fought the battles of the Blitzkrieg era, had declined somewhat as more potent versions of the Pzkpfw IV entered service, supplemented by new, heavier tanks such as the Tiger and Panther. But the venerable Panzer III would make up more than half the number tanks of all types that took part in the decisive battles of that summer and continued to provide organic support for the newly-formed Tiger battalions.

In this, the fifth book in the acclaimed Tank Craft series to feature the Pzkfw III, Dennis Oliver examines the vehicles that took part in the cataclysmic battles fought around the city of Kursk in western Russia and the units that operated them. In addition to archive photographs and painstakingly researched, exquisitely presented colour illustrations, a large part of this book showcases available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales.

Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, providing everything the modeller needs to recreate an accurate representation of the Pzkpfw III tanks that fought in the East in 1943.