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pzKw IV (Special) with the long-barreled 7.5cm tank gun K.\X'.K. By Lieutenant Colonel G. B. Jarret Ordnance Department One of the Afrika Korps' PzKwI's, "scratched" near Gambut in November, 1941. This one was hit where the armor was light .. _., ....~~ ;( G R.,..
The 76.2 super-high velocity Russian gun, mounted on a Skoda (Czech) tank chassis, and used as a mobile A.T. gun. The picture was taken near Daba, Egypt, in 1942. usarmor on their tanks kept pace with what known AT. nsmight do at each progressive stage in the long story of or vs. high velocity AP. projectiles. HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT During the First World \Var the French produced an .r. gun in 37mm caliber. This was a 1916 Puteux Gun, mmonly known as a one-pounder, and affectionately beledthe "Pound Wonder" by the AE.F. in 1918. Beforethat, however, the caliber and basically the same ojectile design was used as far back as 1900. Maxim e an oversize machine gun to fire this same type of mm round; and this type of weapon has seen use in sev- Inavies throughout the world. In the rather unnoticed years immediately following 18 the Germans took careful stock of their failings of 14-]8. Their analyses indicated many underlying miswhich helped to add up to the final defeat of 1918. lh the advent of Hitler came the call for an unbeatable y, lavishly equipped with excellent materials and weap' , and built on principles which were to avoid the mis, of \Vorld \Var 1. Much of the new German Army's er and success was later realized by use of the tank; h combat team was equipped with a powerful tank gun, ich was of course an AT. gun when facing enemy armor. Any close observer must be struck by the manner I in which German materiel represents maximum efficiency in' operation or in destruction of their enemy, or both. German industrial preparations for munitions production always headed for those joint goals, providing equipment in lavish quantities. So it was that in the early days of \\Torld War n the German Army was able to roll relentlessly over every enemy. All the early advantages were with them when their lavishly equipped army encountered troops armed with insufficient and often obsolescent weapons. Then too we must remember that Hitler used the Spanish Civil \Var as a proving ground for both materiel and tactics. In addition to developing the value of the Stuka, he learned the value of both his tanks and his A.T. guns. Among these A.T. guns was the new 37mm designed in 1936 to supplant the earlier 20mm. This new 37mm is probably the father of all modern high powered A.T. guns. It was sold all over the world by the Germans prior to 1939 when they were seeking to obtain foreign exchange. Our own 37mm AT. gun follows this German type, but is today much more powerful than its prototype. DEVELOPl\IElS'T IN \VORLD \VAR II In the battle of France this German 37mm functioned well against all armor except the British heavy "I" tank, the
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