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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 and...
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    basic cargo carrier, and a self-propelled antitank vehicle armed with a PaK 40 gun. Both shared the same chassis. After the Wehrmacht's first fall and...
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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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    guns, such as the 3.7 cm Pak 36, or self-propelled tank destroyers, such as the Panzerjäger I (mounted with the 4.7 cm PaK (t)). This need became urgent...
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    – 75 mm PaK 40 or 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (a reused Soviet 76.2 mm gun) on Panzer II light tank chassis. Marder III – 75 mm PaK 40 or 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) on...
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    was the Sd.Kfz. 234/4, which replaced the L/24 gun with the 7.5 cm L/46 PaK 40. This was yet another attempt to increase the mobility of this anti-tank...
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    the weapon was called Sturmkanone 40 (StuK 40). Both the KwK 40 and StuK 40 were developed from the towed 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun. The length of the...
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    5 cm leichtes Infanteriegeschütz 18. Later used to tow the 50 mm Pak 38, 75 mm PaK 40 and 10.5 cm leFH 18 light field howitzer. Sd.Kfz. 251/5 - Schützenpanzerwagen...
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    combined features from the Soviet ZiS-3 field/anti-tank gun, the German PaK 40 and the Romanian 75 mm Vickers/Reșița Model 1936 anti-aircraft gun. It saw...
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    total of 34 were available. 12.8 cm PaK 40 A derivative anti-tank gun, though rejected in favour of the Krupp 12.8 cm Pak 44 for mass production, but two...
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    derivative of the 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun, the longer-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 40. When older Panzer IVs were up-gunned, their former KwK 37 guns were reused...
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    gun firing German ammunition, while the other mounted the German 7.5 cm Pak 40 gun. Its high profile and thin open-topped armor provided minimal protection...
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    5 cm PaK 40 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Marder II) (Sd.Kfz. 131) While the 7.62 cm PaK 36(r) was a good stopgap measure, the 7.5 cm PaK 40 mounted...
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    sIG 33 6 x 7.5 cm leIG 3 x 7.5 cm PaK 40 915. Grenadier Regiment 2 x 15 cm sIG 33 6 x 7.5 cm leIG 3 x 7.5 cm PaK 40 916. Grenadier Regiment 2 x 15 cm...
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    PaK 40 antitank gun. The new carriage used torsion bars running the full length of the carriage to suspend the wheels. The original wheels of the PaK 40...
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    The Pak 43 was the most powerful anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht to see service in significant numbers, also serving in modified form as the 8.8 cm KwK 43...
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  • II) LaS 762 (company name for the Panzer Selbstfahrlafette 1 für 7.62 cm Pak 36 version of the Panzer II, later renamed Marder II) LaS Maybach (cover...
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    Designed and built by Krupp AG to compete with the Rheinmetall 7.5 cm Pak 40, the Pak 41 was intended from the onset to take advantage of the Gerlich principle...
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  • the 7.5 cm PaK 40 anti-tank gun was adapted to the 10.5 cm leFH 18/40 carriage. The leFH 18/40 carriage had been itself adapted from the PaK 40 so this design...
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    Variants: Marder III (7.5 cm PaK 40/3 auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t), Sd.Kfz. 138)) - mobile anti-tank guns formed by mounting 75 mm PaK 40 L/46 gun on Panzer 38(t)...
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  • move into and out of a firing position by hand. The next gun, the 7.5 cm PaK 40, was a very effective tank-killer; but, at 1,425 kg, was no longer suitable...
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  • 210 mm howitzer PaK 35: German 37 mm light antitank gun PaK 36: German 37 mm light antitank gun PaK 38: German 50 mm antitank gun PaK 40: German 75 mm antitank...
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    artillery vehicles, such as the Marder II conversion providing mobility to the PaK 40/7.5 cm anti-tank gun. The design for the Wespe was produced by Alkett, based...
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    Rheinmetall-Borsig AG as a successor to the 3.7 cm Pak 36, and was in turn followed by the 7.5 cm Pak 40. The unique curved gun-shield design differed from...
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  • gun roles. The Pak 50 consisted of a shortened 7.5 cm Pak 40 barrel and recoil mechanism mounted on the carriage of the earlier 5 cm Pak 38. The carriage...
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  • 7.5 cm Pak 40 7.5 cm Pak 41 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 (also known as PaK 97/38) – modernized French gun of 1897 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) (conversion of Russian 76 mm...
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    examples of the BK 5 cannon were built, more than all other versions. The PaK 40 semi-automatic 7.5 cm calibre anti-tank gun was the basis for the BK 7,5...
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    5. It was decided that the 7.5 cm (2.95 in) semi-automatic Rheinmetall PaK 40 anti-tank gun, which had already been adapted for use in the Junkers Ju...
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    (H) chassis and armed with a Rheinmetall 12.8 cm Kanone 40 L/61 gun (based on the 12.8 cm FlaK 40). This gun could traverse 7° to each side, elevate 10°...
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    Sd. Kfz. 234/4 Another variant of the 8 wheeler, but mounting a 7.5 cm PaK 40 L/46 anti-tank gun in an open compartment. This variant was similar to the...
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