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This is a list of tank main guns which are designed or used as the primary weapon of combat by tanks, such as light tanks, medium tanks, heavy tanks, or main battle tanks. Many tanks have other, secondary weapons installed in them, such as machine guns , autocannons and small calibre mortars , which are not included in this list.
Pages in category "World War II tank guns" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... 76 mm tank gun M1940 F-34; 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)
Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Although tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, few were made, in just a few countries. However, during World War II, most armies employed tanks, and thousands were built every month. Tank usage, doctrine, and production varied widely among the combatant nations.
After the gun, which featured a 31-caliber barrel and a sliding block breech, failed the trials, it was reused in mid-1940 to develop the T7 tank gun. [2] British tanks in the early years of World War II relied on high-velocity ordnance derived from anti-tank guns, such as the 40 mm calibre Ordnance QF 2 pounder and, later, 57 mm calibre ...
Also used as a railway gun 12-inch gun M1895: 305 mm (12 in) Coastal artillery United States: 14-inch M1920 railway gun: 355.6 mm (14 in) Railway gun United States: 16-inch/50-caliber M1919 gun: 405 mm (16 in) Coastal artillery United States: Anti-tank guns 37 mm gun M3: 37 mm (1.45 in) Anti-tank gun United States: Ordnance QF 6-pounder: 57 mm ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
The VK 30.01 (H) was intended to mount a low-velocity 7.5 cm L/24 infantry support gun, a 7.5 cm L/40 dual-purpose anti-tank gun, or a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/28 field gun in a Krupp turret. Overall weight was to be 33 tonnes. The armour was designed to be 50 mm (2.0 in) on frontal surfaces and 30 mm (1.2 in) on the side surfaces.
Degtyaryov DP-27 (Captured and used as a replacement for the Lahti-Saloranta M/26, also captured DT-29 tank machine guns were used as replacement machine guns for Finnish tanks. Finland captured 8,400 DPs during Winter War and Continuation War) [ 124 ] [ 146 ]