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World War I / World War II 37 37 SA 38 France: World War II 37 37 mm Gun M3 United States: World War II 37 37mm Gun M5/M6 United States: World War II 37 37 mm Vickers-Terni L/40 Italy: 1930’s 37 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/45 Germany: World War II 40 Ordnance QF 2-pounder United Kingdom: World War II 45 M1932 (19-K)/Model 32/35/38 Soviet Union
After the gun, which featured a 31-caliber barrel and a sliding block breech, failed the trials, it was reused in mid-1940 to develop the T7 tank gun. [2] British tanks in the early years of World War II relied on high-velocity ordnance derived from anti-tank guns, such as the 40 mm calibre Ordnance QF 2 pounder and, later, 57 mm calibre ...
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 of self propelled artillery such as the Marder series of Panzerjäger.
Pages in category "World War II tank guns" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. ... 76 mm tank gun M1940 F-34; 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)
The appearance of the outstanding T-34 and the later KV tanks shocked the German panzer crews and anti-tank teams, who could only penetrate the Soviet tanks' armor at extremely close range on the order of 200 yards when using the standard 37 mm and 50 mm guns, while the Russian 76 mm gun was effective out to 1000 yards.
37 mm gun M5, as mounted in light tank M2A4 37mm GMC M6 with improvised machine gun mount. Two tank gun variants were developed based on the barrel of the M3. The first, initially designated M3A1 but renamed M5 on 13 October 1939, was shortened by 5.1 in (130 mm) to avoid damage to the tube in wooded areas.
The 12.8 cm Pak 44 ended up becoming the standard main armament for the Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer and a tank gun variant was the planned main armament for many future super-heavy tank designs in development during the last months of World War II, including the fully turreted Panzerkampfwagen Maus and E-100, as the 12,8 cm KwK 44 L/55 main gun.
The VK 30.01 (H) was intended to mount a low-velocity 7.5 cm L/24 infantry support gun, a 7.5 cm L/40 dual-purpose anti-tank gun, or a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/28 field gun in a Krupp turret. Overall weight was to be 33 tonnes. The armour was designed to be 50 mm (2.0 in) on frontal surfaces and 30 mm (1.2 in) on the side surfaces.