In Service: 1941 to 1945
Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Type: Bordkanone
Calibre: 37 mm
Length: 3.75 mm
Weight: 275 kg
Rate of fire: 160 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 718 m/s
Effective range: m
Variants:
3.7
cm Flak 18
3.7
cm Flak 36/37
3.7
cm Flak 43
3.7
cm Flakzwilling 43
3.7 cm BK
Other: Armaments
Articles:
The 3.7 cm BK (Bordkanone 3.7 cm) was a anti-tank cannon designed
and produced by
Rheinmetall-Borsig
in 1941. The 3.7 cm BK was also known as the
3.7
cm Flak 18 when used by anti-aircraft batteries, this
weapon was recoil loading automatic weapon with a sliding
barrel and central locking mechanism, which was installed
under the wings of fuselage of the aircraft as a self-contained
pod with a six round magazine, The 3.7 cm BK could either
fire tungsten hardcore ammunition or high explosive shells,
The 3.7 cm BK was the weapon installed in
Hans-Ulrich
Rudel Stuka (dive bomber) and he completed over 2,530
combat missions destroying more than 2000 targets, 800 plus
vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two
cruisers, and a Soviet battleship called the Marat,
Hans-Ulrich
Rudel was one of the most highly decorated personnel within
the Wehrmacht.
The 3.7 cm BK (Bordkanone 3.7 cm) anti-tank cannon was installed
in the following Luftwaffe aircraft
Junkers Ju
87G
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
Flying Guns World War II.
ISBN-10: 1840372273
German Aircraft Guns WW I WW II.
ISBN-10: 091196410X
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