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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. However, the overall size and power of the gun itself can vary greatly between different weapons, in spite of them all being called "37 mm" guns.
Only non-anti-personnel rounds may be possessed or used. Such rounds include: flares; smoke rounds, to include irritating "smoke" such as CS or OC agents; noise effect ("bird bomb") rounds; Where anti-personnel rounds are to be fired from a 37 mm launcher, the launcher must be registered with the BATFE as a destructive device. Possession of a ...
The 37mm HE round had 39 grams (0.085 lb) of TNT, producing an explosive power of 161 Kilojoules. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] By way of contrast, the HE round from a Sherman 75mm gun had 667 grams (1.47 lb) of TNT, producing 2790 Kilojoules, while the modern 40mm shell from M203 grenade launchers has 32 grams (0.07 lb) of Comp B, producing an explosive power ...
The 37 mm M80 AP-T shot was developed and standardized. The M80 Armor-Piercing Tracer shot was a monoblock projectile with a tracer element of three seconds burning time. It did not need a fuze or bursting charge. The weight of the complete round was 2.31 lb (1.05 kg), the weight of the AP shot was 1.66 lb (750 g).
"Round, Anti-Riot, 1.5in Baton" 37 mm British Army rubber bullet, as used in Northern Ireland from 1970 to 1975. Rubber bullets (also called rubber baton rounds) are a type of baton round. [1] Despite the name, rubber bullets typically have either a metal core with a rubber coating, or are a homogeneous admixture with rubber being a minority ...
20 round box magazine The Flak 30 ( Flugzeugabwehrkanone 30 ) and improved Flak 38 were 20 mm anti-aircraft guns used by various German forces throughout World War II . It was not only the primary German light anti-aircraft gun but by far the most numerously produced German artillery piece throughout the war. [ 1 ]
The magazine holds 30 rounds. [55] [57] [58] The initial prototype was created using an Objet Connex26 using VeroClear printing material (a transparent material) in order to show the magazine's round count and feeding action. [59] It was able to handle enough stress to fire 342 rounds and can fire 227+ rounds in quick succession. [58]
The 37 mm M9 autocannon was a derivative of the M1A2 anti-aircraft gun. It had a 74 in (1.9 m) barrel, weighed 405 lb (184 kg) (the barrel alone weighing 120 pounds), had a muzzle velocity of 3,000 ft/s (910 m/s), and had a rate of fire of 150 rounds per minute.