Russians will hate the lates

[PoorOldSpike]

Bolting on extra armour in April 42 to create the useful IIIJ(late) extended the standard PzIII's life span a bit, but it was already past its sell-by date because proper tanks (PzIV-longs) had begun arriving the month before in March.
The first Stug III-longs had already started arriving in March too, then when more armour was added to create the IIIF(late) in June, the Germans at last had an AFV that could shrug off T-34 and KV-1 frontal shots with ease..