Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34

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Cannone da 75/46
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Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 40 at Mount Circeo, 1943.
Type Anti-aircraft gun
Place of originFlag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Service history
Used byFlag of Italy (1861-1946) crowned.svg  Italy
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg  Nazi Germany
Wars World War II
Production history
Designed1934
No. builtModello 34: 226
Modello 40: 45
VariantsCannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34
Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 40
Specifications
MassTravelling: 4,405 kg (9,711 lb)
Combat: 3,300 kg (7,300 lb)
Barrel  length3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) L/46
Width1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Height3.45 m (11 ft 4 in) [1]
Shell 75 x 580 mmR
Shell weight6.5 kg (14 lb 5 oz) (HE)
Caliber 75 mm (3.0 in)
Breech Horizontal sliding-wedge
Recoil Hydro-pneumatic
CarriageTwo-wheeled carriage with folding cruciform outriggers.
Elevation –2° to +90°
Traverse 360° [1]
Muzzle velocity 750 m/s (2,500 ft/s)
Maximum firing range13,000 metres (43,000 ft)
8,500 metres (27,900 ft) Max ceiling [1]

The Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 was a mobile Italian anti-aircraft gun used during World War II. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 caliber-lengths long and it was accepted in service in 1934. The Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 40 was a fixed anti-aircraft gun version.

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History

Datasheet: 7,5 cm Flak 264/3(i) Cannone da 75/46 M 34 scan of Dienstvorschrift: Kennblatter fremden Gerats D 50/4 D50-4 Nr 264-3 (i) (1944-10-01).png
Datasheet: 7,5 cm Flak 264/3(i)Cannone da 75/46 M 34 scan of Dienstvorschrift: Kennblätter fremden Geräts D 50/4

The gun shows the influence of contemporary Vickers designs such as the Model 1931, and was a sound and orthodox design. As production was both late in starting and slow in being carried out, by 1942 only 226 of the 240 ordered had been delivered. This meant that older, obsolete AA guns had to be kept in service even though their efficacy was minimal, and also that its production continued in parallel with the newer and better performing Cannone da 90/53. In addition to the mobile modello 34, a static mount, called the Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 40 was produced. Production of the model was also slow and only 45 of the 240 ordered were delivered. [1]

Assigned both to field units and to batteries protecting the Italian territory, it was also used on the Eastern front and in the Tunisian Campaign as an anti-tank gun (in which capacity it was also fitted to the Semovente da 75/46 self-propelled gun). Its performance was considered good in both roles, especially in the latter, with its AP shell that could pierce 90 millimetres (3.5 in) of armor at 500 metres (550 yd)), [2] but it was never available in numbers.

After the Italian Armistice, the Wehrmacht captured and employed some of these guns, with modello 34 guns receiving the designation 7.5 cm Flak 264/3(i) , while modello 40 guns were given the designation 7.5 cm Flak 264/4(i)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chamberlain, Peter (1975). Anti-aircraft guns. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco Pub. Co. pp. 28–29. ISBN   0668038187. OCLC   2000222.
  2. ↑ Cappellano, F.; Battistelli, P.P (2012). Italian medium tanks : 1939-45 . Oxford: Osprey Publ. p.  36. ISBN   9781849087759.

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