Brückenmaterialträger III (mostný tank)

In several pieces, engineer tanks were created in the field workshops intended as carriers of the folding bridge set on chassis Pz.Kpfw.III. According to the report H.Gr.Mitte, three tanks Pz.Kpfw.III lg.[/I] (according to the photos identified as Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.M), dve Pz.Kpfw.III (7,5cm)[/i ] ( Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.N) a osm [i ] Pz.Kpfw.III kz.[/I] (some of the versions with a short cannon). The reconstruction was ordered by the commander of the XLVII Panzer Korps. 11 tanks were to be assigned s.Pz.Abt.505 (three reconstructions from Pz.Kpfw.III Ausf.M) a dva tanky 2.Panzer-Division. The tanks were transported engineering material and a light emergency folding bridge to overcome obstacles. Reconstructions took place just before Operation Zitadelle (Kursk 1943).
However, after finding out that these reconstructions were made, Armee Oberkommando 9 issued a ban on the use of tank platforms Pz.Kpfw.III to these conversions in such a way that they could not be converted back to classic tanks. The possibility of equipping the platform with a tank tower had to be preserved.

Thomas L.Jentz, Hilary Louise Doile - Panzerkampfwagen III Umbau "Conversions to ZW40, Pz.Kpfw.III (T), Pz.Kpfw.III (Funk), Pz.Kpfw.III (Fl), Pz.Beob.Wg.III, SK 1, Brueckenmaterialtraeger, and Munitionspanzer, Panzer Tracts No.3-5, year of publication 2011, ISBN:?
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