Service Data:
In Service: 1941 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Panzerabwehrkanone
Calibre: 7.5 cm
Length: 3.700 m
Weight: 2,680 kg
Breech: horizontal semi-automatic sliding block, percussion
fired
Recoil:
Carriage: pedestal mounting
Elevation: -10° to +40°
Traverse: 65�
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 548 m/s
Effective range: 7,680 m
Shell Weight: 6.80 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
7.5 cm
PaK 40
7.5 cm PaK 40 in LM 39/43
7.5 cm KwK
40 L/43
7.5 cm
StuK 40 L/43
7.5 cm
KwK 40 L/48
7.5 cm
StuK 40 L/48
Other: Coastal
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 7.5 cm PaK 40 in LM 39/43 (7.5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 40
in Lafette Marine 39/43)
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
For a complete list of
sources
