7.5 cm Pak 39

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7,5 cm Pak 39
Jagdpanzer IV (Panzerjager 39).jpg
Jagdpanzer IV / "Panzerjäger 39" with 7.5 cm Pak 39 (L/48) gun
Type Anti-tank gun
Place of origin Germany
Service history
Used byFlag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Wars World War II
Specifications
Mass1,235 kg (2,723 lb)
Barrel  length360 cm (140 in) bore (48 calibres)

Shell Fixed QF 75 × 495mm R
Shell weight4.1 kg (9.0 lb) Armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR) Pzgr 40
Calibre 75 mm (2.95 in)
Elevation -8° to +15°
Traverse 24°
Rate of fire 10–15 round per minute
Muzzle velocity 930 m/s (3,100 ft/s)
Maximum firing range6,600 m (21,654 ft)

7.5 cm Pak 39 (L/48)(7.5 cm Panzerjägerkanone 39) was a 7.5 cm German Second World War era anti-tank gun. The gun was used to equip Jagdpanzer IV/48 and Jagdpanzer 38 tank destroyers; [1] no towed version of the weapon was made. The Pak 39 was an electrically fired weapon fitted with a semi-automatic breech mechanism and a 48 caliber long barrel. The gun was able to destroy the most common allied tanks at up to 1,000 meters. It used the same 75 x 495R ammunition as the 7.5 cm KwK 40 of Panzer IV and 7.5 cm StuK 40 gun fitted on the Sturmgeschütz assault guns. The Pak 39 was manufactured from 1943 onwards by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG in Unterlüß and by Seitz-Werke GmbH in Bad Kreuznach. The main types of ammunition used were: Panzergranatpatrone 39 (APCBC), Sprenggranatpatrone 37 (HE) and different versions of the Granatpatrone 39 HL (HEAT). [2]

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Technical data

Armor penetration at 30 degrees from the vertical [lower-alpha 1] [1]
Range
Round100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
PzGr. 39106 mm96 mm82 mm74 mm64 mm

Notes

  1. Vertical penetration against 30° sloped armor, using a PzGr 39 shell

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