Soon after, in October 1940, the production of the H version started, which from the very beginning was armed with the 50mm KwK 38 L / 42 gun and had reinforced frontal armor. In March 1940, the G version began to be produced, in which the rear hull and turret armor was reinforced.
Later (from December 1940) it was also armed with a more powerful 50mm cannon. It had a new, significantly more powerful engine, a completely new suspension and stronger armor in the front part of the turret and hull.
However, already in December 1938, the E version was created, which was the first version produced in large series. Chronologically, the first version was the A version, armed with a 37mm gun and a 230hp engine. Its serial production started in 1936, and many variants of this tank were created in its course. PzKpfw III was the "workhorse" of the German armored forces during World War II and one of the most intensively developed and modernized Wehrmacht tanks. It was armed with one 37mm KwK 35/36 cannon and two 7.92mm MG 34 machine guns. The tank in the E version was powered by a single Maybach HL 120 TRM engine with a capacity of 300 HP. The first prototypes of the vehicle were made in 1936, and serial production continued in the period 1937-1943, ending with the production of about 5,800 vehicles. The PzKpfw III (Panzerkampfwagen III) was a German medium tank from the Second World War.
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