Tier III Light Tank Germany

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. E

Pz. III E

Tank ID 4881

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

An order for designing a 15-ton tracked vehicle with a gun armament was placed in 1935. Despite the weight of the Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. E, the first large-scale vehicle, reached 19.5 tons, its configuration was deemed successful, and the number of vehicles eventually grew to 96. Further modifications became even more popular, and the Pz.Kpfw. III became the most mass-produced vehicle of the Wehrmacht.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

430

Weight

16.7 t

Forward speed

68 km/h

Reverse speed

20 km/h

View range

330 m

Signal range

415 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	30	30	20
Turret	30	30	30

Engine: Maybach HL 120 TR/E · 450 hp

Radio: FuG 7

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

5 cm Kw.K. 38 L/42 Ausf. E

Calibre 50 mm

Reload time 2.7 s

Aiming time 2.2 s

Dispersion 0.42

Rate of fire 22.22 /min

Ammo capacity 135

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 53 / 70 / 88

Penetration 42 / 56 / 70 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 53 / 70 / 88

Penetration 68 / 91 / 114 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 68 / 90 / 113

Penetration 19 / 25 / 31 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

634

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

923

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,192

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 384

Avg. spotted 1.80

Avg. kills 1.24

Avg. defence 1.25

Exp. win rate 55.53 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

52.18 %

Avg. WN8

1,130

Battles

21,652

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 30 of 64 at Tier III

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	PeterLustig79 eu	5,538	487	75.77 %
2	grego34 na	4,368	719	57.16 %
3	Rasierer32 eu	3,126	102	59.80 %
4	m00h eu	2,899	133	74.44 %
5	Quickfingers eu	2,409	97	48.45 %
6	Jogele eu	2,303	2,300	52.57 %
7	BobbyHH_2021 eu	2,236	62	59.68 %
8	EricLiu1024 asia	1,898	323	48.30 %
9	F6L3X eu	1,859	72	55.56 %
10	Iluminati89 eu	1,724	3,178	58.94 %