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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 ...
The 12.8 cm Flak 40 was a German anti-aircraft gun used in World War II. Although it was not produced in great numbers, it was reportedly one of the most effective heavy AA guns of its era. Although it was not produced in great numbers, it was reportedly one of the most effective heavy AA guns of its era.
It came in two versions, 43 ("L/43") and 48 ("L/48") calibres long barrels, the former used during 1942 and early 1943, and the latter after that point. Along with the Pak 40, the KwK 40/StuK 40 was the most numerous anti-tank gun of the German army, and remained an effective weapon until the war's end.
The Marder I "Marten" (Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm Pak-40 anti-tank gun.Most Marder Is were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L (Lorraine), a French artillery tractor/armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than 300 units after the Fall of France in 1940.
Marder III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers.They mounted either the modified ex-Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun, or the German 7.5 cm PaK 40, in an open-topped fighting compartment on top of the chassis of the Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t).
A PaK anti-tank gun at the Bovington Tank Museum. Panzerabwehrkanone (abbreviated as Pak or PaK), is the German term for anti-tank gun. In the Angelosphere, however, Pak refers to the fifteen variants of Wehrmacht's anti-tank gun produced before or during World War II. Of these fifteen, PAW 600 and sPzB 41 do not bear the PaK designation in ...
The final variant produced was the Sd.Kfz. 234/4, which replaced the L/24 gun with the 7.5 cm L/46 PaK 40. This was yet another attempt to increase the mobility of this anti-tank gun; however, the 234 chassis was stretched to its limits. This variant was manufactured from the end of 1944 to the end of hostilities in 1945.
75 mm PaK 40/3 auf Panzerjäger 38(t) 75 mm antitank gun on a Marder III: 75 mm PaK 40/3 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) Ausf H: 75 mm antitank gun on a Panzer 38(t) Ausf H 76.2 mm PaK 36(r) auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf D: 76.2 mm antitank gun on a Panzer II Ausf D chassis 76.2 mm PaK 36(r) auf Panzerjäger Selbstfahrlafette Zugkraftwagen 5t