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The 37mm HE round had 39 grams (0.085 lb) of TNT, producing an explosive power of 161 Kilojoules. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] By way of contrast, the HE round from a Sherman 75mm gun had 667 grams (1.47 lb) of TNT, producing 2790 Kilojoules, while the modern 40mm shell from M203 grenade launchers has 32 grams (0.07 lb) of Comp B, producing an explosive power ...
37 mm gun or 3.7 cm gun can refer to several weapons or weapons systems. The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires. The "37 mm" refers to the inside diameter of the barrel of the gun, and therefore the diameter of the projectile it fires.
The 3.7 cm ÚV vz. 38 (Czech: útočná vozba), manufacturer's designation Škoda A7, was a 37 mm tank gun designed by the Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia prior to World War II. The gun was the primary armament of the Czech LT vz. 38 light tank, known in German service as the Panzer 38(t).
The 37 mm gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II . The gun was produced in a towed variant, or mounted along with two M2 machine guns on the M2 / M3 half-track , resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages.
In 1938, the Kingdom of Romania acquired the license to locally produce 360 guns, officially known as "Tun antiaerian Rheinmetall calibru 37 mm model 1939" ("37 mm Rheinmetall anti-aircraft cannon model 1939") at the Astra Works in Brașov. By May 1941, 102 guns had been delivered. [2] The production rate was of 6 pieces per month as of October ...
Design of a horse-drawn, 3.7 cm anti-tank gun (designated 3.7 cm Pak L/45) by Rheinmetall commenced in 1924 and the first guns were issued in 1928. [5] By the early 1930s, it was apparent that horse-drawn artillery was obsolescent, and the gun was modified for motorized transport by substituting magnesium-alloy wheels and pneumatic tires for the original spoked wooden wheels, allowing it to be ...
Modernized version was adopted in 1938 as 37 mm pansarvärnskanon m/38 (anti-tank gun model 1938) and 37 mm pansarvärnskanon m/38 F. The latter was also produced in a tank gun variant – 37 mm Kanon m/38 stridsvagn ; it was fitted to Landsverk Strv m/38 , Strv m/39 , Strv m/40 light tanks and to the Strv m/41 , a Swedish version of the Czech ...
The SockelFlak was a gas-operated automatic cannon which fired a 37 mm (1.5 in) steel base fused explosive round with two brass driving bands. [4] The gun was mounted on a light three-legged pedestal mount with a seat for the gunner and could be broken down into four loads for short-range transport or carried in one piece on a cart by a two ...