8 cm PL kanon vz. 37
8 cm kanon PL vz. 37 | |
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Type | Anti-aircraft gun |
Place of origin | Czechoslovakia |
Service history | |
In service | 1937-1945 |
Used by |
Czechoslovakia Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Škoda Works |
Manufacturer | Škoda Works |
Produced | 1937-39? |
Specifications | |
Weight | 3,800 kilograms (8,400 lb) |
Barrel length | 4.04 metres (13 ft 3 in) L/52.8 |
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Shell weight | 8 kilograms (18 lb) |
Caliber | 76.5 millimetres (3.01 in) |
Carriage | cruciform |
Elevation | 0° to +85° |
Traverse | 360° |
Rate of fire | 10-15 rpm |
Muzzle velocity | 800 metres per second (2,600 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 11,470 metres (37,630 ft) vertical ceiling |
The 8 cm kanon PL vz. 37 (Anti-aircraft Gun Model 37 was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the Second World War. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht service as the 7.65 cm Flak M 37(t). 97 were in service during the Munich Crisis in September 1938 of which Slovakia seized one when it declared independence six months later.[1]
Notes
- ↑ "Statistické údaje výzbroje Čs. armády v roce 1938". 24 March 2005. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
References
- Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
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