The following report on Panzer III ammunition loads appeared in Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 22, April 8, 1943. [DISCLAIMER: The following text is taken from the U.S. War Department publication Tactical and Technical Trends. As with all wartime intelligence information, data may be incomplete or inaccurate. No attempt has been made to update or correct the text. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of the website.]

AMMUNITION CARRIED BY GERMAN TANKS Two captured German tanks (Pz.Kw. 3's) were recently examined in the Middle Eastern theater. The number of rounds carried for the 50-mm (1.97-in) guns was as follows:       HE       AP      TOTAL  Tank 1     80 (45%)    98 (55%)    178  Tank 2     51 (32%)   111 (68%)    162  Of these, 86 rounds were carried loose on the floor of Tank 1, and 83 in Tank 2. In the bins of the first tank were 92 rounds, and there was room for 7 additional rounds; in the bins of the second were 79 rounds with room for 17 more. This indicates a total stock of some 185 and 179 rounds per tank, respectively.

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