The 43M Turán III or 44M Turán III was a Hungarian medium tank of World War II. It was based on the 41M Turán II medium tank but was equipped with a significantly larger turret and a much more powerful long-barreled 75 mm gun.

Introduced in Update "Sons of Attila", the Turan III is a serious upgrade over the Turan I. It shares some important characteristics with the Panzer IV H, and its playstyle is also rather similar.

A further upgraded prototype variant, the 43M Turán (or Turán III) was also developed and constructed but did not go into mass production. This had a powerful long-barreled 75 mm gun, further improved armour and again had a new turret.

The Turan III was the last, upgraded version, equipped with a derivative of the German 75 mm (2.95 in) KwK 40 L43 gun used on the Panzer IV Ausf. J, and a revised turret which integrated large side covers around the commander cupola.

2023年5月4日 · The Turan III could have provided the Hungarians with a tank with much stronger firepower than any other domestically produced armored vehicle. Source: https://www.themodellingnews.com/2018/04/the-up-armoured-turan-iii-and-protze.html#more

In 1943, the 43.M Turán III was the last variant of the Turán series, though it only reached the prototype stage. It featured a redesigned, larger turret to accommodate the more powerful long-barrel 75 mm gun, significantly improving its anti-tank capabilities.

2018年1月17日 · The Turán III's prototype with an actual turret was finished in February, 1944. Ulike the frontal armor of the superstructure which was thickened by riveting two armor plates together the 75mm thick armor plate of the turret was made of only one.

2017年6月3日 · Turán III. However, as a long-term solution in the same month the HM commissioned the Weiss Manfréd corporation (WM) to lay out and assemble a new type of tank as a replacement for the obsolescent Turán series.

2022年11月1日 · The Turán was a Hungarian medium tank of World War II. It was inspired and used the technology-based solutions found on the design of the Czechoslovak Škoda T-21 medium tank prototype, it was produced in two main variants: the 40M Turán (or Turán I) with a 40 mm gun and the 41M Turán (or Turán II) with a 75 mm gun. A total of 424 were made.

Introduced in Update "Sons of Attila", the 43.M Turan III is a serious upgrade over the Turan I. It shares some important characteristics with the Panzer IV H, and its playstyle is also rather similar.