The premium squad’s Panzer III Ausf. M shares the exact same chassis as the standard Panzer III Ausf. N. In-game, both tanks look identical: both carry the additional armor plating and a hull machine gun modeled on the front of the hull.
There’s just one problem — on the Panzer III M, that hull machine gun is purely cosmetic.
Despite the gun being clearly visible on the model, the M variant has no functional hull MG module for the radio operator / hull gunner position. In practice, this means:
- The Pz.III M is missing an entire weapon station compared to other tanks that carry a hull MG.
- The radio operator / hull gunner sits there idle, contributing nothing, while the tank’s own model advertises a gun that functionally doesn’t exist.
For comparison:
| Tank | Hull MG model | Functional hull MG module |
|---|---|---|
| Panzer III N |  |
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| Panzer III M | |
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Historically, every Panzer III variant carried a bow-mounted MG 34 operated by the radio operator — and since the M and N share the same hull, there’s no reason the M should lack one.
I’d like to request that this be fixed. If this is somehow intended behavior rather than an oversight, I’d appreciate an explanation from the devs — because right now, a premium vehicle being one machine gun short while visually showing that very gun looks like a bug.
Pz.III M front hull
Pz.III N
- Yes — this is a well-deserved fix
- No — I’d rather this tank have no machine gun at all
