Panzer III - In The Movies 

Apparently, some people don't like seeing the animé clips. I say, if the artwork is accurate, then chuck it in. I like seeing a variety of sources.

I love how you included Girls und Panzer

As for the Schürzen: Many german Panzers got them and they where only designed against AT-rifles. That it also worked against shape charges was a surprise and "we take it" extra

During the Battle of Kursk, PZ.IIIs were mostly tasked in protecting the Ferdinand tank destroyers that were considered “special weapons” against Soviet armour. (also including the Sturmpanzer.) At least 12 PZ.IIIs would protect those tank destroyers according to the sPzJgRgT 656 in the book “Ferdinand and Elefant tank destroyer” by Thomas Anderson.

The number of good Pz 3 mock-ups that have been made is impressive, especially out of Eastern Europe. I always appreciate a good attempt at mock-ups that at least look the part, rather than slapping a balkenkreuz on a M-47 or M-48.

As an amateur ww2 tank historian, I love to see these vehicles. Would love to see more videos covering armoured vehicles. Alas, as you said most of the tanks in film are bizarre mockups.

My favorite tank of the war. Such a workhorse and early powerhouse on a solid design. It's crazy how many times it was upgraded to stay relevant and it was even given a supporting role with Tigers late in the war. Absolutely love the look of them too.

Fun Fact: Japan purchased 2 Panzer III tanks along with a Panher Ausf. D and a Tiger tank. One Panzer III was armed with tye long barreled 5 cm gun and the other armed with the short 7.5 cm gun. None of the tanks Japan purchased would be shipped to the East but was somewhat influential in their late tank developments.

ngl that minecraft depiction caught me off guard

I love 2 things; 1.) In the scene where he references 'the superior training of German crews and unit cohesiveness', he shows a clip from a Bo Time Gaming video, whose squad is known for its terrible cohesion (which results in hilarious scenarios, making his content worth watching).t 2.) I and maybe 1 other person pointed out that the vehicle at 0:00 was actually a Pz IV, and somehow he reuploaded it before I had even finished the video. I wish all creators had that level of dedication to historical accuracy. Keep doin' whatcha been doin'!

Funfact: Even when the Panzer III was used alot during ww2 the Panzer IV was the only tank produced during entire ww2

_This content is frickin awsome thank you Johnny such a legend with the slick vids_ 🙌

It's back on RU-vid! :D

DAMN! - I LOVE "The Pianist" !! Probably one of the best "war"-movies ever done, even though it's not a true war-movie - just a story of survival during times of war, but...damn! ... it's a punch in the stomach.

That lil' 37mm looks so ridiculous in the big PzIII turret. Good vid.

Being fascinated by tanks and tracked heavy construction equipment in general, as a kid, I decided back in the 1990's to build an all metal PZKW3. I had two plastic models of the tank on hand, one a 1/37th scale, the other 1/25th scale. I deliberately left them unassembled so I could take precision measurements for scaling up. I decided on going with a 1/12.5 scale, so that I only needed to double the dimensions of the larger plastic model. The (almost) finished tank is 20.5 inches long, 11.25 inches wide, and 8.5 inches high. I still need to fabricate the hatches on both sides of the turret, the circular hatch on top, design and fabricate geared mechanisms to rotate the turret and elevate/depress the gun barrel. The barrel is made of nickel-steel bored out for 22 caliber bullets. I will need to consult a gunsmith to have the components of a 22 cal. handgun mated to the barrel, designed so only blanks can be fired (for safety), assuming that would be legal. If not, I could probably come up with something that would make noise simulating a gunshot. The tracks were the hardest parts to fabricate. Each track has 56 articulated steel links. Each fully assembled track weighs 5 pounds, so together their combined weight is 10 pounds. All 12 road wheels have torsion bar suspension. The lower chassis is fabricated from mild steel, the side walls being 1/8th inch thick, and welded to a one piece 3/32 inch steel sheet that I shaped on a bending brake. The upper hull, turret, and track covers are entirely fabricated from aluminum plates. Getting the dimensions and angles of the turret sides precisely right was quite tedious, not to mention fabricating the gussets to join all the turret plates together at the proper angles. Geared 24 volt electric motors drive each track. With two batteries the all up weight is about 35 pounds, if memory serves.

I love that video. It contained a lot of good film, even GuP and Bo time gaming (to my suprise). Btw do you know an english version for T-34?

... If you know, you know Girls und Panzer Pz.3 scene was hilarious 😆

love watching your videos with my husband he got me into his hobby of course i’m a fan of Girls Und Panzer. I hope you do a video about type-61 and 74s in movies

This was a fantastic overview of the Panzer III and is a short enough video that many will enjoy it. Btw, Whitman, one of the greatest Tiger I aces, started off in a Sturmgeshutz and the need to aim the vehicle greatly improved his gunnery as he'd use the Sturmgeschutz tactics to bring his Tiger gun to bear then use the rotating turret for fine adjustment of the gun. This greatly increased the speed that he had to get his Tiger I gun onto a target. I also like how you mentioned that at first the Panzer IV was designed to support/complement the Panzer III and that it was the Panzer III that was intended to engage enemy armour but the small turret ring limited the size of the gun that could be fitted to the turret and thus the Panzer IV was upgunned.

Wow girl und panzer AND the saga of tanya the evil jfc it's oh so good seeing anime being featured in this type of awesome historical content

Late war PZ III’s (M & N) were given the short 75mm gun that used primarily high explosive shells. Many of these were assigned to Tiger battalions to protect the bigger tanks from infantry. The Italian fascist troops after 1943 also received some of these late models.

Very cool to see you featured my favorite War Thunder RU-vidr, Bo Time!

the long barreled 50mm gun was not used till much later after the panzer 3 started production it was originally armed with a 37mm gun then got upgunned to a shortbarreled 50mm cannon, then got upgunned again to the long barreled 50mm gun to give it a fighting chance against newer tanks like the sherman, t-34 and kv-1/kv-2

Props for using girls und panzer footage. That is such a fun series.

Love the Bo Time Gaming clip. I love when I see content from one of my favorite channels used like this on another great channel.

Commendable Sir! Often times, your films outshine the movies they are extracted from. Carry on.

6:38 the girls' question "is it an H or a J ?". The H Schürzen were solid metal plates, the J Schürzen were made of metal mesh. Edit : from what I read on Wikipedia it's not so clear. The H version was reinforced by welding track links to the hull and adding the metal plates. For the J version they upgraded the armoured plating ot the tank itself and still added plates. If they still welded track links to the hull is not mentioned. And the mesh plates ? No mention of it though at some point these must have replaced the solid plates, to save weight (and hence fuel) and metal.

If Germany uses Leopard 2 in every Blitzkrieg, English Tea Empire would have to use Mahatma Gandhi's nuclear slippers.

yes thank god this is my favorite tank in the whole war after being outdated after 1943

A lot of mock ups are based on the British FV432 APCs. The Stug 111 is also created from the venerable 432. 'Saints and soldiers battle of the tanks' have 432 mock ups, you can tell by the wheels and the height of the hull.

I like that, at one point in the video, there is just a minecraft panzer III

As for my first video here this was great. I enjoyed this very much as I've always been fascinated by tanks and the German Panzer Divisions alot, so thanks for this. This was a great and informative video. I didn't know the Panzer III was in so many movies and stuff, and the parts from Girls und Panzer were great since it is my most favorite anime.

6:57 the fragmentation effect was pretty cool!

Glad this vid popped up. Didn’t know about a few of these films but hopefully will be able to find them Netflix or Prime. Thanks for sharing this.

If you love tanks (and a bit of drama)Check out girls und panzer, it’s jam packed with tons of information and tank stuff

The Panzerkampfwagen III was actually first designed and used for tank to tank combat and the Panzerkampfwagen IV was used as the infantry support role early in the war but because the IV could accommodate a larger gun better than the III they swapped roles.

GERMANS HAD 841PzIII AT START OF KURSK BATTLE.AND 950 PzIV. DISTRIBUTED AMONGST 20 TANK BATTALIONS each with about 88 *PzIII / PzIV tanks. Their was also 4 OTHER battalions with total 204 Panther+ 147 Tigers.

Cool vid Johnny. Tanks for sharing !

I just subscribed, great channel! Congratulations, catching up. Great idea.

Stug is my favourite WW2 vehicle by far.

@3:39 I remember reading that the M18 had a 3 speed automatic and that the third gear was governed at 55mph/95kmh, but if you got on a street or road(vs country side) and accelerated as fast as possible, once you hit 55mph the governor would just break, and when Paton was relieving Bastogne all the Hellcats broke their governors in order to get going around 65-70mph.

I love that you ad the minecraft version of the tank. Its a cool little salute to how well known and loved the tank is. Also, did you get the footage from Garett2by4? He is a good builder, I love his video a lot.

5:54 BO TIME GAMING! He is my favorite WT RU-vidr!

Me hearing English dub Miho try and identify a Panzer 3: Pain >///

"Battle Of The Bulge" 1965 had Spanish Pattons filling in for Tigers. Irony is a tank designed/ mnfd/ meant to take on German tanks in 1946, named after the hero of the Bulge, that eventually faced off to the Soviet allies cold war, in the service eventually of actual fascist..... stars in a film as its own original advisory. Irony.

Loved the clip from Bo Time Gaming

The war thunder clip is so iconic

A bit late but i also wanna add that apparently panzer III's that had working engines and could atleast move were converted into ammunition carriers towards the ends of ww2, They removed the turrets and just replaced the big opening with a wooden(?) Cover which could be opened to easily share ammo with other heavier friendly tanks such panzer IV's, panthers, tigers, stug's...ect. Im not sure if its true but to me it sounds like maybe some were also used to tow gun emplacements like the pak 40 with ammo inside around too?? Anyway i really appreciate your work johnny keep up the good work👍🏻 (Also my source is the Panzer III's Wikipedia page... Not sure how much of is correct but it seemed interesting so thought i would share)

Great compilation and research as always. Yet, no matter how accurate tanks in historic movies might become, what film makers probably wil never ever get right is the speed and sound of tank gun fire. It is always "bang, muzzle flash, impact" even at the shortest distances. Since cannon fire travels multiple times the speed of sound, the target would be hit before one can hear the gun firing or see a muzzle flash. At such close range tank fights are depicted in films, the crew of the tank getting hit will be dead before hearing the shot, let alone be able to out-maneuver the opponent and fire back.

I’m so glad the 2cm flak showed up in my recommends because now I’ve binge watched all your videos and love your content. Keep it up bud

"Warpigs" in which Mickey Rourke played a unique US army colonel.

There are some nice shots of Mk. III mock ups in _Enemy At The Gates_

Good stuff, as always.

The panzer 3's and 4's were also the backbone in late and mid war because they were cheap and germany were painfully trying to pump out tanks

4:09 OH MY GOD THATS SUDDEN STRIKE 4

Awesome video, could you do more video’s about tanks in WW2?

Thanks again for another great video. Always thought Id seen most of the decent war movies out there, but you always seem to be able to come up with movies I haven't seen! Now I just have to try & hunt down the ones I haven't seen! Great work!

Pretty sure the Saints and Sinners: The Void Panzer 3 is Panzerfabrik's mockup. Very cool repro. They even used to promote Girls und Panzer back when. It used to be short a road wheel but I think they upgraded it later on. The M18s are interesting - there was sadly a fatal accident in one of the few operational M18s in Oregon in 2015, one year after that film was made. Not sure if it was the same M18, but it might be as it was one of the only ones with an operational gun.

Thanks for sharing such videos with us.

The Panzer III is so Underrated. It was an excellent medium tank until 1943. It was so good that is Chassis became the most Successfull Tank Killer in WW2, in the form of the StugIII.

Honestly i can relate to Saori Idfk if its a J or H either

I’ve actually ridden on of the pz3 ((m?) sideskirts and turret skirt) with the marking II04 that you showed afew times in this video

Outstanding video and presentation

Please make videos about the *F-22 RAPTOR* Fighter Jet, and the *IJN YAMATO* Battleship.

Man! That was great! After YEARS of of utter hatred I'm resolved to see the Mark 3 in a renewed respectful manner ☠👏

0:27 One of the best Anime's out there if you like a lot of historical weaponry and in terms of map usage to make sure viewer knows what's going on

excellent job

Cool video. What is happening around 1:54?

0:23 ah, another girls und panzer fan I see

in the restoration scene we call those mockups, "vizmods"

It was cool seeing footage from Bo’s videos :D

Like any tank it's the crews training and how it's used. Like the American m-3 Lee tank. It was a important tank used in the Pacfic against the Japanese.

I was hoping you would include the Flammpanzer III from Brestkaya Fortress and to my shock you did. You are the most cultured tank enthusiast when it comes to films, series and games! Hey, did you know the Panzer III in Panfilov's 28 Men were all CGI? They looked too detailed and I was blown away, thinking they made excellent reproduced Panzer III or found them in swamps somewhere and cleaned them up!

I did not expect to see minecraft used for footage here but i welcome it gladly

Panzer 3 has 6 rods wheels, Panzer 4 has 8 roadwheels. SO count the road wheels and divide by two.

T-34 movie its just soo awesome, i presented it on my school presentation, i put some effort into saying the production names xD but it was pretty cool

the variant the allies prob faced against in normandy were prob the n or m variants thats why you see them with sideskirts and heat screens on their turret the n variant uses a short barreled 75mm gun

My favorite light tank ever.

A bit of useless film trivia for you. The StuG 3 seen in Saving Private Ryan which was based on the British FV432 personnel carrier and was built by my mates dad who specialised in building full size vehicle props for the TV and film industry. Sadly it was the last project he did before he died. It was later sold to a private collector.

The Pz.III in the film was modified from the Pz.61, FV432, etc. I think those are very good jobs.

Thank you for video sir 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👌

Hey I just discovered your channel and I'm loving it idk if you have done it yet but if you didn't can you do the M2HB Browning .50 cal machine gun

There’s a series here on RU-vid, search “WWII diaries“. Right now, late May 2023, around 35 episodes into a 100 part series. The diary and memoirs of a Panzer III gunner on the eastern front. He does talk details, advantages, just advantages, etc. on these panzer III. Interesting

Nice video!

6:00 Bo got in the clip let’s goooo

Only one war thunder clip is criminal

I've often wondered why many British tanks were referred to or classed as 'cruiser' tanks, rather than light, heavy or medium... Johnny - do you think you could find out and maybe explain on the channel whenever you cover the British Cromwell or Crusader tanks?

about the T34 Movie scene at 7:00 looks to me like a Heat shell which the Panzer 3 didnt had (untill the Pz 3 N with the short 75mm).

It was the StuG III that scored the most Allied tank kills at 30,000. 10,000 were built on a Panzer III chassis. As for the radio, it was a decisive factor for Victory for German tanks in not only in Operation Barbarossa but also in the battle of France in 1940. Much better in getting your orders inside the turret than in sticking your head out and getting it blown off.

Not gonna lie you should do a messerschmit 109 in movies video cause the plane is probably one of the most iconic planes of the war and its featured in tons of movies such as Dunkirk, red tails, pearl harbor, battle for sevastopol, even a mini series called a long long holiday

Good job with this video! I am also glad you didn't say "Panzer Tank" which makes me go bananas, because I hear it so often (mostly from people that don't know much about the subject I guess)

Panzer Vor!

I’m just curious how did the machine gunner see? I see no periscope or view ports and I doubt they would blind fire. If anyone knows the answer please let me know

keep up the vids 👍

Please make video on dp28

The Anime at 3:56 is Girls and Panzer

Johnny puts together some really good vids. Alriiiight!

As a war thunder player its nice to see some wt clips in there lol. Ill def check out some of these tank movies which i haven't seen yet

Die Wanne vom Panzer III, war eine gute Grundlage für einige Panzergattungen. Sie waren leicht, schnell, konnten schnell in weiteren Versionen weiterentwickelt werden. Im Gegensatz zu den schweren Panzer, waren diese sehr mobil und weniger anfällig. Das schlechteste Model war der Sture Emil 😅. Laut militärische Aufzeichnungen, war der Panzer III, einer der absolut wichtigsten motorisierten Kriegsgeräte 🧐.