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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 ...
Used Polish guns captured in 1939 as 3,7 cm PaK 36(p) and Danish guns captured in 1940 as 3,7 cm PaK 157(d). Netherlands 12 pieces were ordered from Bofors in 1935. Later another 24 (or more) were procured. All these were used for Dutch armoured cars: 24 Landsverk types L180 and L181 as well as 12 DAF Pantrado cars.
PaK 36 (37mm) 3.7 cm kanon PÚV vz. 34; Bofors 37 mm (M1934/36) – captured from Danish, Polish and British forcers; 4.2 cm Pak 41; 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) (Captured from Russia by Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 184(r)) 47 mm APX anti-tank gun (captured from French) 47mm Schneider anti-tank gun model 1936 (captured from French)
3.7 cm Flak 36 mounted on a German armoured truck in 1943. The original 37 mm gun was developed by Rheinmetall in 1935 as the 3.7 cm Flak 18. The cannon had an overall length of 89 calibers (hence the additional designation L/89), which allowed 4,800 m (15,700 ft) maximum ceiling. [1]
The 3.7 cm PaK-36, was the standard anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht in 1940. During the battle of France in 1940 it had trouble dealing with thick armour of French and British tanks. [ 1 ] In 1941, when Germany invaded the USSR , the gun was next to useless when confronted with Russian T-34 or KV-series tanks.
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44 Rheinmetall 37mm Pak 36 L/50 anti-tank gun (Note:The Estonian Rheinmetall gun had a longer barrel length compared to Wehrmacht standard L/45.) 4 Bohler 47 mm anti-tank gun model 1935; 15 Solothurn-Arsenal 20 mm antitank gun; TM-34; TM 37; anti-tank mines: ~12,000
37 mm artillery was a popular calibre during World War I and into World War II for infantry, tank, and antitank guns. Shortly into the Second World War, it was shown to be too light for those uses, but continued as a popular anti-aircraft calibre. Guns were called "1-pounders" by the British.