Hitler's drive to modernize his armed forces gained a new momentum
with the arrival on stage of Col. Heinz Guderian - the future
spiritus movens of German armored warfare doctrine. Behind the
scenes German design teams were busy working on prototypes of
vehicles that would soon become the tools of the future war - light
Pz.Kpfw. I and II, heavy (in keeping with contemporary
classification) Pz.Kpfw. IV and medium Pz.Kpfw. III armed with a 37
mm gun. In the early stages of fighting in France it became clear
that the vehicle didn't carry enough punch and in later marks of
the tank the 37 mm main gun was superseded by a 50 mm weapon. The
ultimate version of the Pz.Kpfw. III was armed with a short barrel
75 mm gun, the largest that the tank's turret could accommodate.
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