Service Data:
In Service: to
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Skoda
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Kampfwagenkanone
Calibre: 3.7 cm
Length: 1.480 m
Weight: kg
Breech:
Recoil:
Carriage: turret
Elevation: -10° to +25°
Traverse: 360�
Sight: TZF(t)
Ammunition: Pzgr. Pzgr.40
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 980 m/s Pzgr.40
Effective range: 1,500 m
Shell Weight: 0.368 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Panzer Armaments
Articles:
History:
The 3.7 cm KwK 34 L/40 or (3.7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 34 L/40)
and was the main armamemet for
Panzer
35(t)
Panzerbefehlswagen
35(t)
The main ammunition round used was the Panzergranate 40 which
could penetrate up to 60 mm of armour plate at a range of
100 metres and 39 mm at a range of 500 metres
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Military Vehicles.
ISBN-10: 087349783X
Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Germany World War II.
ISBN-10: 0214203077
Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World Two.
ISBN-10: 1854095188
For a complete list of
sources
