Chariot cannon
The tank gun (short- tank gun ) is a component of armored armament and the name of the firm in turret built cannon . A distinction must be made between individually loaded on-board cannons and on-board machine cannons. In the armored forces of the Bundeswehr today, the term tank cannon is used as a collective term for KwK .
Developed in Germany chariot cannons were added from anti-tank guns (short: PaK ) and anti-aircraft guns (short: Flak , rarely FlaK ) derived and found partially modified as main armament in hunting tanks (mostly here KwK or PJK rare, even PaK ) or assault guns ( short: StuK ) use. Modifications were also used as an on-board cannon (short: BK ).
Chariot guns of the Wehrmacht
The following overview contains a selection of combat vehicle cannons that were used in the special vehicles (Sd.Kfz.) Of the Wehrmacht up to 1945.
Individual evidence
- ↑ tank armament . In: Military Lexicon . 2nd Edition. 1973, p. 286 (L-No .: 5, ES-No .: 6C1, BstNr: 745.303.1).
- ↑ Panzerkanone - tank gun . In: Bundessprachenamt (Ed.): Military study glossary, English . Part II / Part III, January 2001, p. 284 (German, English).
- ↑ With the "Version F" only the last 100 pieces received the 5 cm cannon
- ↑ The first 1540 pieces of the "Version J" still had the short 5 cm KwK 38