Armortek

Can anyone shine sone light on this pic from a panzer 3 please

Looks like we've got a whole new competition section developing - guess the bit.....

My first reaction was that there was nothing on the photo I could associate with a Pz III but the tread plate looks familiar. My starter for ten is that you're looking at the hull floor and this is a hatch in the hull bottom plate to discard rubbish such as empty shell cases when closed down. The Pz III turret didn't have a turntable so the hull floor is accessible.

Have a look at this diagramme in Panzer Tracts, which may show the outside location:



But I may well be wrong.

Regards

Stephen

Hello,

I don't know if there was a change between the hulls for this hatch but on the Munster Pz.III I can't see this hatch.

Stephan won the first competition - it´s a hatch in the hull floor for throwing out spent casings. It´s behind the M.G./R.O. seat and you can see three bolts securing the hinge and one for the lock - all tie in with Doyle´s drawing, see photo below;




/Per

Hello Per,

which Modell/Typ is this on the photos.

Hello Christian,

The photos are from the booklet "AFV super detail photo book Vol. 6 Pz Kpfw III Ausf J/L" by Model Art. These particular photos must be from the Bovington Tank Museum´s Panzer III Ausf. L.

Hope that helps.

Per

Hi thank you for the info. These pics are private pics taken from ukrain a few years ago when they found a panzer 3 in a bog and i was one of the people in a funding project to bring it to the uk. Our proposal fell through though due to an exuberant price. I have many more pics of the clean up both internal and outside if you would like them

Ok, I only knew pictures with white interrieur of the Bovington Pz.III, however
maybe this hatch was a victim by simplification of the Wanne started in late L
version.

Some equipment pics

Internals

I have posted the rest on my Tank Detail thread under Panzer III

Hello Bob,

thanks for sharing the pics, very nice details. Am I right, the interieur pics are
from after after the restauration or are these original colours? Can you tell us more?

Thanks for the info guys, yes thats def the hatch. Do you think it should be on the armortek versions?

@ Christian: The tank was in a peat bog and was apparently in extraordinary good condition. I would say the images are post painting though but I can be sure as I didn’t see it it RL as our negotiations fell through before a site visit