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The 7.5 cm Pak 41 was one of the last German anti-tank guns brought into service and used in World War II and notable for being one of the largest anti-tank guns to rely on the Gerlich principle (pioneered by the German gun-designer Hermann Gerlich, who developed the principle in the 1920s, reportedly for a hunting rifle) to deliver a higher muzzle velocity and therefore greater penetration in ...
The 7.5 cm Pak 40 (7,5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 40) was a German 75 millimetre anti-tank gun of the Second World War. The gun was developed in 1939–1941 and entered service in 1942. With 23,303 examples produced, the Pak 40 formed the backbone of German anti-tank guns for the later part of World War II, mostly in towed form, but also on a number ...
Compared to the Pak 40 which had a 3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) L/46 caliber barrel, the Pak 50 had a shorter 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) L/30 barrel. Available photographs of the Pak 50 show two different types of muzzle brake were used. One was a square three baffle design, while the other was a five baffle design. [1]
For example, the service life of a squeeze bore 7.5 cm Pak 41 could be as low as 1000 rounds compared to 5000-7000 rounds for the 7.5 cm Pak 39 (L/48). [3] The diameter of a fired shell could decrease as much as 40% from .50 caliber to .30 caliber (achieved in a version of the M2 machine gun).
The 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 (from 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 42 L/70) was a 7.5 cm calibre German tank gun used on German armoured fighting vehicles in the Second World War. The gun was the armament of the Panther medium tank and two variants of the Jagdpanzer IV self-propelled anti-tank gun .
2.8 cm sPzB 41; 3.7 cm Pak 36; 4.2 cm Pak 41; 4cm kanón vz. 36; 5 cm Pak 38; 7.5 cm Pak 39; 7.5 cm Pak 40; 7.5 cm Pak 41; 7.5 cm PaK 42; 7.5 cm Pak 50; 7.5 cm Pak 97/38; 7.5 cm PjK 42; 7.5 cm StuK 40; 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) 7.92×94mm Patronen; 8 cm PAW 600; 8.8 cm Flak 18/36/37/41; 8.8 cm Pak 43; 12.8 cm Pak 44; 4.7 cm KPÚV vz. 38
7.5 cm Pak 41; 7.5 cm Pak 50; 7.5 cm Pak 97/38; 7.5 cm tornpjäs m/57; 8 cm Kanone C/80; 75 mm 50 caliber Pattern 1892; 75 mm armata wz.36; 75 mm field gun M1897 on ...
7.5 cm Pak 39 (L/48) (7.5 cm Panzerjägerkanone 39) was a 7.5 cm German Second World War era anti-tank gun. The gun was used to equip Jagdpanzer IV/48 and Jagdpanzer 38 tank destroyers; [1] no towed version of the weapon was made. The Pak 39 was an electrically fired weapon fitted with a semi-automatic breech mechanism and a 48 caliber long ...