FineScale Modeler reviews the 1/35 scale plastic model armor kit. The Ausf J was the first variant of the Panzer III to be built in large numbers. Of the more than 2,600 produced between March 1941 and July 1942, 1,549 were built with the L/42 gun and 1,067 were armed with the longer L/60. The tanks were used extensively in the North African and Russian theaters.