Kampfwagenkanone KwK 40 tank-mounted guns of the mid-war and later marks of the Panzer IV medium tank. In addition, there was an APCR shot (Panzergranate 40) for the...
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C/22 St. Pzgr. Patr. 40 KwK 40 (Armour Piercing Composite Rigid) Muzzle velocity: 930 m/s (3,100 ft/s) Projectile: Panzergranate 40 Projectile weight: 4...
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the T-34 medium tank at close range. The gun was also equipped with Panzergranate 40 APCR shots with a hard tungsten carbide core, in an attempt to penetrate...
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capacity of 235 liters. The carburetor used in this vehicle was the Solex 40 JFF II. (One Luchs production tank was equipped with a 12-cylinder V-shaped...
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was ineffective at 2,000 m (2,200 yd) and beyond. The rarer tungsten Panzergranate 40 armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR), was ineffective at 1,000 m (1...
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III to upgrade the main gun to the new 50 mm KwK L/60, with the new Panzergranate 40 projectile, and muzzle velocity was pushed to 3875 ft/s (1,181 m/s)...
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The Panzergranate 39 or Pzgr. 39 was a German armor-piercing shell used during World War II. It was manufactured in various calibers and was the most...
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issued to paratroopers and, by 1942, to the regular army units (Gewehr-Panzergranate 40, 46 and 61), but, just as did the British, soon turned to integrated...
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length: 640 mm (2 ft 1 in) Muzzle velocity: 935 m/s (3,070 ft/s) Panzergranate 40 (Hk) (Pzgr. 40/42) Type: Armour Piercing, Composite Rigid Projectile weight:...
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a T-34, once at about 20 meters and four times at 50 meters, with Panzergranate 40 (caliber 5 cm), without any noticeable effect. — German battle report...
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calibers 3,615 mm (11 ft 10.3 in) Muzzle velocity: 750 m/s (2,500 ft/s) (Panzergranate 39 AP shell) Weight: 1,235 kg (2,723 lb) Barrel life: 5000-7000 rounds...
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Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 (Rifle grenade) Gewehr-Sprenggranate (Rifle Grenade) Gewehr-Panzergranate (Anti-tank Rifle Grenade) Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate (Anti-tank...
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Würzburg radar FuG 25a Erstling Seetakt radar Flensburg radar detector Panzergranate 39 List of Sd.Kfz. designations List of World War II firearms of Germany...
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8.8 cm KwK 36 (section Panzergranate 39 (PzGr. 39))
Pzgr 39 Armor-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell 7.3 kg (16 lb) Pzgr 40 Armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR) Calibre 88 mm (3.46 in) Elevation -8°...
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the much smaller and higher velocity shells used only about 0.5% e.g. Panzergranate 39 with only 0.2% high-explosive filling. This was due to much higher...
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under 50% of the recoil system's braking ability. Firing the Panzergranate 39, the KwK 40 L/43 could penetrate 77 mm (3.03 in) of steel armour at a range...
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redesignated 8.5 cm Flak 39(r)) • 10.5 cm FlaK 38 • 12.8 cm FlaK 40 • 12.8 cm FlaK 40 twin mount • Cannone da 90/53 AA/AT gun (acquired from Italy) Grenades...
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respectively for the Panzergranate 39/43 projectile (PzGr – armour-piercing shell), and 238 and 153 mm (9.4 and 6.0 in) for the PzGr. 40/43 projectile between...
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Siegfried Granate) was almost 40 percent lighter could be fired with a reduced charge at 920 m/s (3,000 feet per second) out to 40 km (44,000 yards). With a...
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millimeters (3 in) of steel armor at 1,800 meters (2,000 yd) (using the Panzergranate 39), the M47 (using the M348 high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead)...
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- 6 Fieseler Fi 167 ~ 11 Dornier Do 17E - 12 Messerschmitt 110G - 2 Panzergranate 39 (Pzgr. 39) sprenggranate (Sprgr.) 9×19 mm Parabellum 7.92×33mm Kurz...
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