Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N — Fgst.Nr. 74961

Production Metrics

Version (Ausf.): Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N

Production date: 1942.07

Producer: MNH, Hannover

Main armament: 7.5 cm Kw.K. L/24

Data source: Panzer Tracts 03-3-80

Contemporary Status (Surviving Vehicle)

Current location: The Tank Museum, Bovington (United Kingdom)

Condition/Status: Vehicle sectioned (cutaway) for educational purposes — permanent exhibit at The Tank Museum. Origina

Current configuration: Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N

Last assignment: 10. Panzer-Division / Panzer-Regiment 7

Identification verified by: The Tank Museum, Bovington

Design Features and Anomalies
Turret_Chassis_Mismatch

Turret number 72396 does not match chassis number 74961 (difference ~2565). Turret likely originates from an earlier production series.

Źródło: Preliminary_Report_No_5_Pz_Kw_III_1942.S35
Smoke_Dischargers

Six electrically fired smoke generator dischargers (3 per turret side), identical to those fitted to Pz.Kw.VI Tiger — described in S.T.T. Preliminary Report No. 19 (December 1943).

Źródło: Preliminary_Report_No_5_Pz_Kw_III_1942.S35
Gearbox_Data

Gearbox SSG 77, WaA 705, drb; Nr. 4612/1942; drb 15 — 51196.

Źródło: Preliminary_Report_No_5_Pz_Kw_III_1942.S35
Engine_Data

Engine Maybach No. 102092.

Źródło: Preliminary_Report_No_5_Pz_Kw_III_1942.S35
Combat Path and Unit Assignments
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501

8, Nr takt.: #832

tank visible in the photo

Źródło: Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf.N (Fgst.Nr.74961) DAK s.Pz.Abt.501 #832 {001}{a}
1943.02
10. Panzer-Division

Panzer-Regiment 7, 8. Kompanie, Nr takt.: 832

Abandoned at Kzar Mezouar during Operation Ochsenkopf (Battle of Hunt's Gap), February 1943. Captured by British forces and shipped to the United Kingdom. [VEHICLE LOST]

Źródło: PR.No.5.Pz.Kw.III.1942.S35
1944.02
School of Tank Technology

School of Tank Technology

Technical inspection by School of Tank Technology, Chobham, February 1944. Condition: non-runner, controls extremely rusty, electrical equipment entirely destroyed, no armour penetrations.

Źródło: PR.No.5.Pz.Kw.III.1942.S35
Rebuilds and Special Conversions

No conversions or special modifications registered for this vehicle.

Repair Log and Technical Events
1942.09

Vehicle equipped with a production series of three smoke grenade dischargers (Wurfbecher) fixed on each side of the turret, fired via Zuendschraube C 23 electrical igniters. A center tow bracket for a fuel trailer was welded to the hull rear.

Źródło: Panzer Tracts 03-3, p. 3-3-60
1944.02

STT inspection, Chobham, February 1944. Engine not started, condition not ascertained; auxiliaries not materially damaged. Controls in very rusty condition; no damage to transmission or steering units. No armour penetrations; vehicle constructionally sound. Entire electrical equipment rendered unserviceable — leads torn away, components removed; all instruments in both compartments deficient or badly damaged. Breech block and mechanism of 7.5cm Kw.K. deficient, gun in too poor condition to be serviceable; hydraulic recoil reservoir empty, indicating window broken, system unserviceable; both sighting devices deficient. Extensive stowage deficiencies: tools (shovel, crowbar, wirecutters, entrenching tool), fire extinguisher, Notek tail light, tow ropes, track puller, binoculars, 2 W/T sets, headsets, crew optics, smoke generator switch boxes.

Źródło: Preliminary_Report_No_5_Pz_Kw_III_1942.S35
Photographic Documentation