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37 mm gun or 3.7 cm gun can refer to several weapons or weapons systems. The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires. The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires.
The 37 mm was a popular caliber of anti-tank guns in the 1930s; other anti-tank guns of the same caliber included Swedish Bofors gun, Czechoslovakian vz. 34 and vz. 37, Japanese Type 94 and Type 1. Development and testing continued until late 1938.
The Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) is a 3.7 cm / 37mm caliber German anti-tank gun used during the Second World War. It was the main anti-tank weapon of Wehrmacht Panzerjäger units until 1942. Developed by Rheinmetall in 1933, it was first issued to the German Army in 1936, with 9,120 being available by the beginning of the war in September ...
The 37 mm gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II . The gun was produced in a towed variant, or mounted along with two M2 machine guns on the M2 / M3 half-track , resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages.
37 mm (1.5 in) 3.7 cm FlaK 36 Nazi Germany: World War II 37 mm (1.5 in) 37-mm air-defense gun M1939 (61-K) Soviet Union: World War II - Cold War 37 mm (1.5 in) 37 mm kan M/98 (Finspång 37 mm naval gun L/35 model 1898) Sweden-Norway: 1890s - Cold War 37 mm (1.5 in) 37 mm kan M/98B (Finspång 37 mm naval gun L/39 model 1901) Sweden-Norway
Having a flexible doctrine, the Germans used their anti-aircraft pieces in ground support roles as well; 37 mm caliber guns were no exception to that. With Germany's defeat , production ceased and, overall, 37 mm caliber anti-aircraft cannon fell into gradual disuse, being replaced by the Bofors 40 mm gun and later, by 35-mm anti-aircraft ...
The T249 Vigilante was a prototype 37 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) designed as a replacement for the Bofors 40 mm gun in both towed and self-propelled forms in US Army service. [1] The system consisted of a 37 mm T250 six-barrel rotary cannon mounted on a modified M113 armored personnel carrier chassis.
The gun was fitted on some aircraft, firing through the propeller's spinner to avoid hitting the blades. It was used in combat on the 1917 French SPAD S.XII.The prototype 1917 British Beardmore W.B.V shipborne fighter was fitted with a 37mm for use against airships, [10] but the gun was considered dangerous and removed.