Panzer III L Medium Tank

Effective against infantry, vehicles, and structures. • Less armor than other medium tanks. • Good speed and mobility.

Stats

panzer_iii_50mm_long_ak

vehicles

Sight Range

Detection

Max Range

Speed

6.25

Acceleration

Deceleration

4.5

Rotation

Capture Multiplier

Decapture Multiplier

Target Size

Vehicle Armor

medium tank

frontal

150

side

rear

Upgrades

Weapon upgrade

MG 34 Machine Gun

Upgrades the unit with a pintle-mounted machine gun.

Increases anti-infantry firepower.

Costs

Defensive Upgrade

Side Skirts

Additional armored skirts are added to the vehicle, increasing its survivability.

Increases health of affected vehicles by +80. Increases side armor by +25%.

Costs

100

Requires

Field Modifications

Elite Forces Battlegroup

Veterancy upgrade

Long War Veterans

Vehicles can be upgraded with veteran crews granting the following effects: \n• +25% Experience Gain Plus an additional:\n• +1300 experience for light vehicles. \n• +1800 experience for medium vehicles \n• +3500 experience for heavy vehicles.

Costs

100

Requires

Long War Veterans

Elite Forces Battlegroup

Abilities

Blitzkrieg

Increases vehicle speed, rate of fire, and makes unit harder to hit when active.

Offensive / Timed

Costs

Duration

15s

Cooldown

60s

Requires

dak disable

Increases Penetration.

Armor-piercing Rounds

Orders the crew to load armor-piercing ammunition.

Offensive / Timed

Costs

Duration

15s

Cooldown

60s

Requires

dak disable

Passive

Emergency Repair Kits

The unit will slowly repair damage when out of combat and stationary.

Restores +6 health per second.

Requires

Emergency Repair Kits

Recon

Vehicle Awareness

Enables the vehicle to detect enemy vehicles in the fog of war.

Reveals enemy vehicles in the Fog of War and on the Minimap.

Requires

Vehicle Awareness

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Passive

Vehicle Capture

Increases speed, rotation rate, and allows the vehicle to capture and decapture territory.

+20% speed and +15% rotation rate.

Requires

Survival Package

Offensive / Timed

Rapid Fire

Crews maximize their combat performance for a short period of time, but weakens the vehicle afterwards.

+40% rate of fire for 15 seconds. -50% rate of fire for 15 seconds upon ability completion.

Duration

15s

Cooldown

120s

Requires

Vet 1

Toggle off auto-attack

Hold Fire Disabled

Unit will not engage unless given a manual attack order when active.

Defensive

Smoke Canisters

Orders the vehicle crew to deploy smoke canisters in front of the vehicle.

Smoke blocks vision for a short period of time.

Costs

Cooldown

120s

Requires

Smoke Package

Off

Stealth Off

Toggle to enable Stealth. Vehicle must be out of combat for at least 6 seconds before it can stealth again.

Requires

Silent Running

Weapon Conversion

75mm Conversion

Swap the vehicle's primary weapon for a short-barreled 75mm gun, greatly increasing anti-infantry capability but reducing anti-vehicle effectiveness.

Conversion takes 10 seconds. Reduces speed by 50% and slows rate of fire by 100%.

Duration

10s

Cooldown

60s

Requires

Elite Forces Battlegroup

Crack Armor Upgrades

Stats

Costs

320

Hitpoints

640

Upkeep per minute

Veterancy

XP: 1800

Veteran ability
+15% main gun accuracy

XP: 5400

+20% weapon penetration
+30% rotation rate

XP: 10800

+80 health
+35% rate of fire

XP: 14400

Requires: Crack Armor Upgrades

+100% weapon penetration
+15% damage reduction

Loadout

50mm long barrel panzer iii ak

cannon - ballistic weapon

Damage

120

Range

40m

Near

10m

Mid

20m

Far

40m

Core Stats

Accuracy

7.5%

4.75%

3.5%

Rounds per Minute

11.16

Penetration

140

125

110

Special Mechanics

Scatter Area

1.5×12

2.8×12

5.4×12

Scatter Offset

+1.5m

Timing

Refire Time

5.375s

Aim Time

0.125s

Traverse Speed

Accuracy

Scatter Angle

Scatter Distance

Moving

×0.85

×1.5

AoE Falloff

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

×0.5

Garrison

×0.4

×0.25

mg34 coaxial panzer iii ak

hmg - small arms

Damage

Range

35m

Near

Mid

20m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

35%

30%

17.5%

Rounds per Minute

522.25

449.45

394.47

Penetration

Special Mechanics

Damage Distribution Area

2×11.2

5.6×30

8.2×30

Timing

Burst Duration

2.75s

Time Between Bursts

1.25s

2.063s

2.875s

Reload Cycle

3.875s

4.125s

4.375s

Aim Time

0.25s

Magazine

6 bursts

Traverse Speed

120

Arc

6°

Moving Accuracy

×0.5

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

×0.5

Garrison

×0.55

×0.5

mg34 hull panzer iii ak

lmg - small arms

Damage

Range

35m

Near

10m

Mid

20m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

35%

30%

17.5%

Rounds per Minute

522.25

449.45

394.47

Penetration

Special Mechanics

Damage Distribution Area

2.9×16

5.6×30

8.2×30

Timing

Burst Duration

2.75s

Time Between Bursts

1.25s

2.063s

2.875s

Reload Cycle

3.875s

4.125s

4.375s

Aim Time

0.25s

Magazine

6 bursts

Traverse Speed

120

Arc

20°

Moving Accuracy

×0.5

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

×0.5

Garrison

×0.55

×0.5

The effective accuracy is impacted by several factors like target size or armor of the receiving unit as well as accuracy or penetration of the attacking one.

Weapons Available Via Upgrade

Weapon upgrade

MG 34 Machine Gun

Upgrades the unit with a pintle-mounted machine gun.

Increases anti-infantry firepower.

Costs

mg34 panzer iii ak

hmg - small arms

Damage

Range

35m

Near

10m

Mid

20m

Far

35m

Core Stats

Accuracy

65%

50%

35%

Rounds per Minute

223.55

285.05

329.11

Penetration

2.2

1.8

1.4

Timing

Burst Duration

1.375s

2.063s

2.75s

Time Between Bursts

3.375s

3.625s

3.875s

Reload Cycle

5.875s

6.125s

6.375s

Aim Time

0.25s

Magazine

6 bursts

Traverse Speed

Moving Accuracy

×0.5

VS Cover - Modifiers

Accuracy

Damage

Light Cover

×0.5

×1

Heavy Cover

×0.5

Garrison

×0.55

×0.5