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7.5 cm KwK 42

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The increased muzzle velocity and operating pressure of the new gun required a new armour-piercing projectile to be designed. The PzGr. 39/42 was the result, and apart from the addition of wider driving bands it was otherwise identical to the older 7.5 cm PzGr. 39. The wider driving bands added
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The gun was fired electrically, the primer being initiated using an electric current rather than a firing pin. The breech operated semi-automatically so that after the gun had fired, the empty shell casing was automatically ejected, and the falling wedge type breech block remained down so that the
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next round could be loaded. Once the round was loaded the breech closed automatically and the weapon was ready to be fired again. Three different types of ammunition were used: APCBC-HE, APCR and HE.
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Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945
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a little extra weight, from 6.8 kg for the old PzGr.39, to 7.2 kg for the new PzGr.39/42.
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US Army Technical Manual TM9-1985-3, United States Government Printing Office Washington, 1953
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Calculated penetration (90 degrees) uses American and British 50% success criteria,
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Sight: TZF 12 or 12a (Panther), Sfl.ZF 1a (Jagdpanzer IV/70 (A) and (V))
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Weight with muzzle brake and breech: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)
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and allowing direct comparison to foreign gun performance.
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Type: Armour Piercing Capped Ballistic Cap, High Explosive
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Recoil length: 400 mm (normal), 430 mm (maximum)
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Penetration data extracted from a French DoD publication
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Cartridge case length: 640 mm (2 ft 1 in)
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Cartridge case length: 640 mm (2 ft 1 in)
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Cartridge case length: 640 mm (2 ft 1 in)
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Explosive weight: 0.650 kg (1.66 lb) (2,720 Kilojoules)
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Round length: 875.2 mm (2 ft 10.46 in)
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Round length: 893.2 mm (2 ft 11.17 in)
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Bird, Lorrin Rexford; Livingston, Robert D. (2001).
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Round length: 929.2 mm (3 ft 0.58 in)
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Barrel length: 5.250 m (17 ft 2.7 in)
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286:medium tank 229:-8° to +20° 150:1,000  2122:Categories 1848:Karl-Gerät 1813:24 cm H 39 1808:21 cm K 39 1803:21 cm K 38 1777:17 cm K 18 1767:15 cm K 39 1762:15 cm K 18 1757:15 cm K 16 1706:10 cm K 17 1121:Wiesel AWC 1061:Puma (IFV) 1001:LGI Mle F1 811:references 792:References 368:Ammunition 329:(KwK 42), 128:Reichsmark 2153:Tank guns 1828:24 cm K 3 1302:Tank guns 1116:TPz Fuchs 1036:Mungo ESK 225:Elevation 836:May 2009 713:British 703:See also 333:(Pak 42) 327:Tank gun 275:tank gun 189:Fixed QF 171:calibres 134:Produced 105:Designer 51:tank gun 1536:Mortars 824:improve 731:Japan 620:3000 m 617:2500 m 614:2000 m 611:1500 m 608:1250 m 605:1000 m 510:2000 m 507:1500 m 504:1000 m 432:2000 m 429:1500 m 426:1000 m 283:Panther 215:Calibre 137:1942-45 126:12,000 61:Germany 1126:Wisent 955:Mauser 881:  867:  813:, but 602:750 m 599:500 m 596:250 m 593:100 m 501:500 m 498:100 m 495:Range 467:Type: 423:500 m 420:100 m 417:Range 325:Type: 307:Design 199:weight 164:Barrel 81:  1227:MG 42 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Index


Panther Ausf. A
tank gun
Germany
Nazi Germany
World War II
Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
Reichsmark
kg
lb
Barrel
calibres
Shell
Fixed QF
Shell
armour-piercing (APCBC-HE)
Calibre
Elevation
Rate of fire
Muzzle velocity
Kampfwagenkanone
tank gun
Second World War
Panther
medium tank
Jagdpanzer IV
self-propelled anti-tank gun
anti-tank gun
Tank gun
Anti-tank gun

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