Service Data:
In Service: 1943 to 1945
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Panzerabwehrkanone
Calibre: 7.5 cm
Length: 3.600 m
Weight: 1,235 kg
Breech: semi-automatic sliding block, electrically
fired
Recoil:
Carriage: turret
Elevation: -5° to +15°
Jagdpanzer
IV
Traverse: 20�
Sight: SflZF1a, WZF2/2
Ammunition: Pzgr. Pzgr.39 Pzgr.40 Gr.38 Hl/B Gr.38
Hl/C
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 750 m/s
Effective range: m
Shell Weight: kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
Other: Panzer Armaments
Articles:
History:
The 7.5 cm PaK 39 L/48 or (7.5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone L/48)
And was the main armamemet for
Jagdpanzer
IV
Jagdpanzer
38(t) Starr
Jagdpanzer
38(t) Hetzer Panzerjäger 38(t)
The main ammunition round used was the Panzergranate 39 which
could penetrate up to 91 mm of armour plate at a range of
500 metres and 82 mm at a range of 1,000 metres, The 7.5 cm
PaK 39 L/48 was a very formidable gun more than able to take
out most enemy tanks, at a range of 1,000 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
