Service Data:
In Service: to
Production Data:
Manufacturer: Krupp,
Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:
Technical Data:
Type: Panzerabwehrkanone
Calibre: 12.8 cm
Length: 7.023 m
Weight: 10,150 kg
Breech: horizontal semi-automatic sliding block, electrically
fired
Recoil: hydro pneumatic
Carriage: cruciform
Elevation: -7°51 to +45°27
Traverse: 360�
Rate of fire: rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 935 m/s
Effective range: 24,410 m
Shell Weight: 28.00 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
12.8
cm Kanone 44
12.8
cm Kanone 81/1 French carriage
12.8
cm Kanone 81/2 Russian carriage
12.8 cm Kanone 81/3
12.8 cm PaK 44
Other: Anti-Tank
Artillery
Articles:
History:
The 12.8 cm PaK 44 L55 (12.8 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 44) 12.8
cm PaK 44
Jagdtiger
(
Sd.Kfz. 186)
The main ammunition round used was the Panzergranate 43 which
could penetrate up to 187 mm of armour plate at a range of
100 metres and 178 mm at a range of 500 metres
Gallery:
Heer Comments
Sources:
German Artillery in World War II. 1939-1945.
ISBN-10: 0887407625
German Artillery of World War Two.
ISBN-10: 1853672610
German infantry weapons of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0882543725
German Small Arms of World War II.
ISBN-10: 0896730239
For a complete list of
sources
