In the early stages of Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht felt the need for a more mobile and more powerful anti-tank solution than the existing towed anti-tank guns, such as the 3.7 cm Pak 36, or self-propelled tank destroyers, such as the Panzerjäger I (mounted with the 4.7 cm PaK (t)). The German word Marder means " marten" in English. They were in production from 1942 to 1944, and served on all fronts until the end of the war, along with the similar Marder II. They offered little protection to the crew, but added significant firepower compared to contemporary German tanks.
They mounted either the modified ex-Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun, or the German 7.5 cm PaK 40, in an open-topped fighting compartment on top of the chassis of the Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t). Marder III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers.
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