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3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37

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Type
  
Anti-tank gun

Wars
  
World War II

Designed
  
1935–1936

Place of origin
  
Czechoslovakia

Designer
  
Škoda

3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37

Used by
  
Czechoslovakia Nazi Germany Yugoslavia Slovakia

The 3,7 cm KPÚV vz. 37 (Czech: kanón proti útočné vozbě) was an anti-tank gun produced by the Škoda Works that saw service in World War II. Originally designed for the Czechoslovak Army, some were also sold to Yugoslavia. A number were appropriated by the Germans after German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 and used under the designations 3,7 cm PaK 37 (t). Captured Yugoslav guns were used under the designation of 3,7 cm Pak 156 (j). Slovakia acquired 158 when it declared independence from Czechoslovakia in March 1939.

The gun had a small shield and wooden-spoked wheels, although some were fitted with pneumatic wheels.

References

3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37 Wikipedia