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had a maximum elevation angle of 35 degrees, which allowed it to also be employed as a field gun. This was almost as much as the 37 degrees of the Soviet ZiS-3, a dedicated field gun, and significantly more than the 22 degrees of the German Pak-40 anti-tank gun. It could also depress slightly more
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was in charge of the firing with the "b" variant of the second prototype. These were nine (the first shot on the shield at 1000 meters did not reach the target) and they lasted a total of one minute and twenty seconds. The performance of the cannon was as follows: complete destruction of the first
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shell at 1,030 metres per second (3,400 ft/s). Penetration tests consisted of eight armored shields with a thickness of 10 cm placed as follows: the first four were 300 meters (arranged at an angle of 30º), the other three at 500 meters (same angle) and the last one at 1000 meters (in
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Development began in 1942 of a dual-purpose field and anti-tank gun that could be built in
Romania to replace the collection of obsolescent field guns currently used and upgrade their anti-tank defenses of the army. To speed development Colonel Valerian Nestorescu suggested combining the best
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four shields at 300 meters, complete penetration of the three at 500 meters and penetrating the one at 1000 meters. However, this high muzzle velocity came at the cost of a very short barrel life, only 500 rounds, compared to the 6000 of a
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than both (-7 degrees compared to -5 degrees of the other two guns). This made the
Romanian gun arguably the most versatile in its class during World War II, outperforming its Western, German and Soviet equivalents.
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shell that was fired at a mere 792 metres per second (2,600 ft/s). Unfortunately detailed specifications for the Reșița's ammunition haven't been discovered so that question will have to remain unanswered.
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features from the 75 mm (3.0 in) guns already in service in
Romania, Germany or captured from the Soviets. Colonel Nestorescu was selected to produce a prototype to be built at the
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that consisted of two 6 millimetres (0.24 in) plates separated by a 20 millimetres (0.79 in) gap. It had only 680 parts, almost as few as the 610 of the
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263:Elevation
54:field gun
39:Timișoara
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122:Produced
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