The Pak 43 (Panzerabwehrkanone 43 and Panzerjägerkanone 43) was a German 8.8 cm anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8...
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KwK/Pak 43 series of guns. The series included: Pak 43 (cruciform mount), Pak 43/41 (two-wheel split-trail carriage), Pak 43/1 (Nashorn), and Pak 43/2 (Ferdinand/Elefant)...
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include an anti-armour role. The Pak 44 has short to medium-range performance similar to the 8.8 cm Pak 43, but the 12.8 cm Pak 44 better maintained its anti-tank...
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built by Germany during World War II. The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun, similar to the main gun of the Tiger II, with the armor and...
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tanks. The 8.8 cm Panzerjägerkanone 43/1 L/71 (PaK 43/1) a long-barreled anti-tank gun (also used, as the 8.8 cm KwK 43, for the main armament of the Tiger...
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Ferdinand, mounting Krupp's newly developed 88 mm (3.5 in) Panzerjägerkanone 43/2 (PaK 43) anti-tank gun. This precise long-range weapon was intended to destroy...
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by the Wehrmacht and redesignated Pak 36/39 (r)) 8 cm kanon vz. 30 8.8 cm KwK 36 – Tiger I tank gun 8.8 cm KwK 43 – Tiger II tank gun 10 cm houfnice...
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United States in mid-1940s. This gun's design was influenced by German 88 mm Pak 43/41 anti-tank guns captured by the U.S. Army in France. The development started...
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7.5 cm KwK 40 (redirect from 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/43)
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...
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75 mm Pzgr. 39/42 of KwK 42 and Pak 42 guns had two driving bands instead of one. In the Pzgr. 39/43 of KwK and Pak 43 guns, the driving bands were made...
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developed was the Sd.Kfz.185. 8.8 cm PaK 43 Jagdtiger – This variant used the 8.8 cm Pak 43 cannon instead of the 12.8 cm Pak 44 due to shortages of the latter...
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anti-tank and tank destroyer 8.8 cm PaK 43 gun used for the Elefant and Jagdpanther, and turret-mounted 8.8 cm KwK 43 heavy tank gun of the Tiger II. Initially...
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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...
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IS-4's design parameters which included protection from the German 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun. The side hull of the IS-4 is a simple angular step instead...
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Museum. Elefant (Ferdinand) - A heavy tank destroyer, mounting a 8.8 cm Pak 43/2 L/71 gun, 91 units produced. Landkreuzer P. 1000 "Ratte" (Rat) –A planned...
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Panzerabwehrkanone (redirect from PaK)
delivered propellant gas to a light weight barrel. 8.8 cm Pak 43 (1943) 12.8 cm Pak 44 (1944) Pak 57, a Swiss anti-tank gun "Schwere Panzerbüchse 41". Tank...
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would eventually be called the Ferdinand and mount the new, longer, 88 mm Pak 43/2. Only one tank went into service as a command tank in the Ferdinand (Elefant)...
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competitor of this gun (manufactured by Rheinmetall) was the 8.8-cm-PAK 43 and 8.8-cm-PAK 43/41 gun, specially developed in 1943 for anti-tank defense by Krupp...
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similar Czech anti-tank gun using the same ammunition. D-10 tank gun 8.8 cm Pak 43- A contemporary German tank gun with similar performance Foss, Christopher...
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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...
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Nashorn (until 1944 known as Hornisse) panzerjäger tank destroyer with 88 mm Pak 43 main gun) Sd.Kfz. 165 - Hummel self-propelled 150 mm artillery Sd.Kfz. 165/1...
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Sukhoi Su-57 (redirect from PAK FA)
multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (Russian: ПАК ФА, prospective aeronautical complex of front-line aviation)...
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in firepower, and the Wehrmacht fielded the even larger 7.5 cm Pak 41 and 8.8 cm Pak 43. While the early 37-mm anti-tank guns were easily concealed and...
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A-F 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/43 322.5 PzKpfw IV Ausf. F2/G 7.5 cm StuK 40 L/43 L/48 360.0 PzKpfw IV, Ausf. G-J Jagdpanzer IV 7.5 cm Pak 39 L/48 7.5 cm StuK 40...
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of the casemate-design Jagdpanzer designs. It featured the same powerful PaK 43 88 mm cannon used on the unwieldy Elefant, now fitted to the chassis of...
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The 5 cm Pak 38 (L/60) (5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (L/60)) was a German anti-tank gun of 50 mm calibre. It was developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig...
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weapons such as the towed 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun, while hits from 88 mm-armed Tigers, anti-aircraft guns and 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank guns usually proved...
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experimental self-propelled gun. Hornisse, later renamed Nashorn – 88 mm PaK 43 on composite Panzer III/Panzer IV chassis. Ferdinand, later renamed Elefant...
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cm Flak 40 anti-aircraft gun Anti-tank guns 3.7 cm Pak 36 5 cm Pak 38 7.5 cm Pak 40 8.8 cm Pak 43 8 cm PAW 600 Dual-use gun 88 mm gun-a popular calibre...
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Sturmgeschütz IV (title of the StuG IV assault gun) Sturmgeschütz mit 8.8 cm PaK 43/2 (full title of the Elefant) Sturmmörser Tiger (assault rocket mortar version...
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