3.7 cm KwK 36
| 3.7 cm KwK 36 | |
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 37 mm chariot cannon |
| Manufacturer country: |
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| Developer / Manufacturer: | Rheinmetall - Borsig |
| Production time: | 1936 to 1945 |
| Weapon Category: | cannon |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 1,665 mm |
| Caliber : |
37 mm |
| Caliber length : | L / 45 |
| Cadence : | 13 rounds / min |
| Elevation range: | -10 ° to + 20 ° (Panzer Ausf. A) angular degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 360 ° |
The 3.7 cm KwK 36 was a combat vehicle cannon with a caliber length of L / 45, which was used as the main armament / turret cannon mainly in the medium SdKfz.141 (Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. A-G). The development of this chariot gun goes back to the 3.7 cm PaK 36 .
Types of ammunition
For the 3.7 cm KwK 36 and the 3.7 cm PaK 36 , the 37 × 249 mm R grenade cartridge served as the basic version, which was mainly used with the following types of tank grenades (PzGr).
- used abbreviations
- R : R andkartusche
- PzGr. : P an z er gr anate
- Patr . : Patr one
| designation | Type | description | Mass (g) |
V 0 (m / s) |
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| PzGr. 18th | Grenade cartridge with tank shell 18 | Modification of the armor-piercing charge in 1939 | not specified | |
| PzGr. 39 | Grenade cartridge with Panzerranate 39 (APCBC-HE-T) | Armor- piercing bullet | 685 | 760 |
| PzGr. 40 | Grenade cartridge with Panzergranate 40 (APCBC Composite Rigid) | Sub-caliber bullet, armor-piercing charge with a tungsten core | 368 | 1030 |
| SprGr.Patr. 34 | Grenade cartridge with HE grenade 34 (High Explosive) | Splinters / HE grenade (high explosive) | not specified | |
Carrier platforms
- Light tractor
- New build vehicle
- Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III, versions A to E
- Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. F (the last 100 Ausf. F already had the 5 cm KwK 38 caliber length: L / 42 )
- Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. G (the first 50 Ausf. G )
- Chariots equipped with 3.7 cm KwK 36
Light tractor prototype
New build vehicle
Panzer III
Panzer III, Ausf. E
See also
Remarks
- ↑ Special vehicles (short: SdKfz or Sd.Kfz. )