47 mm canon PUVvz. 36
| 47 mm canon PUVvz. 36 | |
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| General Information | |
| Military designation: | 47 mm canon PUVvz.36, 4.7 cm PaK 36 (t) |
| Manufacturer designation: | Škoda 47 mm canon PUVvz.36 |
| Manufacturer country: | Czechoslovakia |
| Developer / Manufacturer: | Škoda |
| Weapon Category: | Anti-tank gun |
| Technical specifications | |
| Pipe length: | 2,040 m |
| Caliber : |
4.7 cm |
| Caliber length : | L / 43.4 |
| Elevation range: | –8 ° to +26 degrees |
| Side straightening area: | 50 ° |
The 47 mm kanon PUVvz.36 was a Czechoslovak anti-tank gun that was captured by the Wehrmacht during the occupation of Czechoslovakia and continued to be used as the 4.7 cm PaK 36 (t) .
history
During the occupation of Czechoslovakia, a considerable number of modern weapons fell into the hands of the German Empire, including the 47 mm canon PUVvz.36 manufactured by Škoda in Plzeň . It was clearly superior to the German standard anti-tank gun , the 3.7 cm PaK 36 , in terms of penetration. So it made sense to transfer them to the German army under the designation 4.7-cm-PaK 36 (t) (t for Czech).
She was driven in horse and motor vehicle. Between March 1940 and February 1941 caused 202 Panzerjäger I by the PaK to the chassis of the armored car I combined. Between May 1941 and October 1941, 174 PaK 36 (t) and the chassis of the French Renault R-35 tank, which had also been captured , were used to produce additional self-propelled tank destroyers. The PaK was used in the western campaign , in North Africa , in the Balkans and at the beginning of the attack on the Soviet Union .
For the PaK 36 (t) there were HE shells weighing 1.5 kg and tank shells weighing 1.64 kg. With the tank shell, 52 mm of steel could be penetrated at a distance of 100 m with a 60 ° inclined armor plate. At a distance of 500 m and 1000 m, it was 47 mm and 40 mm. These values were determined by the Heeres-Waffenprüfamt in accordance with the German standards of the time and are not exactly comparable with foreign data on penetration performance.
Panzerjäger I
Renault R-35 R with PaK 36 (t)
literature
- Terry Gander, Peter Chamberlain: Encyclopedia of German Weapons 1939-1945 . 2nd Edition. Special edition. Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02481-0 .
- Wolfgang Fleischer, Richard Eiermann: The German tank destroyer group 1935–1945 , Podzun-Pallas Verlag, 1998, ISBN 3-7909-0613-1 .