The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 (5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42) was a German 50 mm calibre cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German Panzer III medium...
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The 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 (5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 39 L/60) was a German 50 mm calibre tank gun used during the Second World War, primarily as the main armament...
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The 7.5 cm KwK 40 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40) was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German...
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The 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 37 L/24) was a short-barreled, howitzer-like German 75 mm tank gun used during World War II, primarily...
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The 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 (2 cm Kampfwagenkanone 30 L/55) was a German 2 cm cannon used as the main armament of the German Sd.Kfz.121 Panzerkampfwagen II light...
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under the designation Pak 38. The original tank gun for the Panzer III was the 5 cm KwK 38, which despite being the same 5 cm caliber had a lower muzzle...
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Panzer III (redirect from Panzerbefehlswagen mit 5cm KwK 38 L/42)
5 cm KwK 40 gun and became the main German tank instead. From 1942 the last version of the Panzer III (Panzer III N) mounted the short barrelled 7.5 cm...
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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...
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7.5 cm KwK 40, which differed primarily in using more compact ammunition, thereby allowing more rounds to be carried inside the vehicles. The KwK 40...
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mortars family 2 cm KwK 30 – Panzer II tank gun 3.7 cm KwK 36 – Panzer III tank gun Skoda 37 mm A7 5 cm KwK 38 – Panzer III tank gun 5 cm KwK 39 – Panzer III...
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Kampfwagenkanone (redirect from KwK)
(Hrsg.): Militärisches Studienglossar Englisch. Januar 2001, S. 284. The first 1540 tank of the Ausführung J were equipped with the shorter 5 cm KwK 38....
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cannon during early World War II. Developed from the Swiss Oerlikon FF. 2 cm KwK 30 - variant for armored cars and light tanks, slightly shortened barrel...
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about this design have been found. 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 7.5 cm KwK 44 L/43 (later redesignated as KwK 40) Jentz, Thomas; Doyle, Hilary (1995)...
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service in significant numbers, also serving in modified form as the 8.8 cm KwK 43 main gun on the Tiger II tank, the open-top Nashorn and fully enclosed...
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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...
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Panzer IV (redirect from Panzerbefehlswagen mit 7.5cm KwK L/48)
the short-barreled, howitzer-like 75 mm (2.95 in) Kampfwagenkanone 37 7.5 cm KwK 37 tank gun, 24 calibres in length which was a low-velocity weapon mainly...
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Hetzer (redirect from Jagdpanzer 38(t))
situation. Panzerjäger 38(t) with Panzer IV turret - a Krupp proposal to mount the turret of a Panzer IV with a 7.5 cm KwK 40 or 8 cm PAW 600 gun on the chassis...
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earlier Hotchkiss 5-barrelled rotary-cannon. The 3.7 cm TAK 1918 was designed and built for the Imperial German Army in 1918. The 3.7 cm Pak 36 which first...
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the 3.7 cm Pak 36, the 5 cm KwK 38 and 5 cm KwK 39, as well as the short-barreled, howitzer-like German 7.5 cm KwK 37 gun. The new 5 cm Pak 38 had just...
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adequate high-explosive shell for the 2-pounder and the growing number of 5 cm KwK 38 anti-tank guns in the Afrika Korps gave the German army in Libya a huge...
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meters. It used the same 75 x 495R ammunition as the 7.5 cm KwK 40 of Panzer IV and 7.5 cm StuK 40 gun fitted on the Sturmgeschütz assault guns. The Pak...
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with more armour on the mantlet and progressively from 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/46.5 to 5 cm KwK 38 L/42.[citation needed] 72 Nebelwerfer, to be landed with the...
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Aufklärungspanzer 38 mit 2 cm KwK 38 - German reconnaissance tank with 20 mm turret from a Sd.Kfz. 222 armoured car (70 built). Sd.Kfz. 140/1 Aufklärungspanzer 38 mit...
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10.5 cm leFH 18 howitzer on Panzer II chassis Sd.Kfz. 128 Panzer II (50 mm KwK 39 L/60), VK 16.02 Leopard Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II self-propelled 7.5 cm Pak...
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1930’s 37 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/45 Germany World War II 40 Ordnance QF 2-pounder United Kingdom World War II 45 M1932 (19-K)/Model 32/35/38 Soviet Union...
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x 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 autocannon, 1 x 7.92mm MG 42 machine gun. This design featured an open-topped turret. Around 200 produced. 234/2 – 1 x 5 cm KwK 39 L/60...
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reconnaissance battalion of the 4th Panzer Division. The armament was one 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 autocannon and one 7.92mm MG 34 machine gun. On board were 320 rounds...
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to be replaced from late 1940 onward by the 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun and from November 1941 by the 7.5 cm Pak 40. This process was accelerated by the...
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List of World War II artillery (section K–N)
it was not). K 44: German 128 mm gun KwK 36: German 88 mm tank gun KwK 38(t): German designation of Skoda A7, used on the Panzer 38(t) KwK 42: German 75 mm...
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