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3.7 cm KwK 36

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Type
  
Tank gun

Used by
  
Nazi Germany

Produced
  
1930s

Place of origin
  
Nazi Germany

Wars
  
World War II

Shell
  
37 × 249 mm. R

The 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/45 (3.7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36 L/45) was a German 3.7 cm cannon used primarily as the main armament of earlier variants of the German SdKfz.141 Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank. It was used during the Second World War.

Contents

It was essentially the 3.7 cm Pak 36 used as a tank gun.

Ammunition

The 3.7 cm KwK 36 used the 37 x 249 mm. R cartridge. Average penetration performance established against rolled homogenous steel armor plate laid back at 30° from the vertical.

PzGr.18 (Armour-piercing)
  • Weight of projectile: 0.658 kg (1 lb 7.2 oz)
  • Muzzle velocity: 745 m/s (2,440 ft/s)
    • PzGr.40 (Armour-piercing, composite, rigid)
  • Weight of projectile: 0.368 kg (13.0 oz)
  • Muzzle velocity: 1,020 m/s (3,300 ft/s)

    • PzGr.39 - Armour-piercing

    Sprgr.Patr.34 - High-explosive

    Vehicles mounted on

  • Leichttraktor
  • Neubaufahrzeug
  • Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III versions A until E (de: Ausfertigung A bis E)
  • Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. F (the last 100 Ausf. F mounted the 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 gun)
  • Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. G (the first 50 Ausf. G)

    • References

    3.7 cm KwK 36 Wikipedia
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