3.7 cm KwK 36

Panzer Armament

Service Data:

In Service: 1936 to 1945

Production Data:

Manufacturer: Rheinmetall-Borsig
Number built:

Technical Data:

Type: Kampfwagenkanone

Calibre: 3.7 cm
Length: 1.674 m
Weight: 432 kg
Breech: horizontal sliding block, percussion fired
Recoil: hydrospring
Carriage: turret
Elevation: -10° to +20° Panzer III Ausf. A
Traverse: 360�
Sight: TZF5a,
Ammunition: Pzgr. Pzgr.40
Rate of fire: 13 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity: 762 m/s
Effective range: 5,484 m
Shell Weight: 0.68 kg
Used by: Heer
Variants:
3.7 cm PaK 36
3.7 cm KwK 36

Other: Panzer Armaments
Articles:

History:

The 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/46.5 or (3.7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36 L/46.5) And was the main armamemet for
Panzer III Ausf. A
Panzer III Ausf. B
Panzer III Ausf. C
Panzer III Ausf. D
Panzer III Ausf. E
Panzer III Ausf. F

The main ammunition round used was the Panzergranate 40 which could penetrate up to 35 mm of armour plate at a range of 100 metres and 29 mm at a range of 500 metres

Gallery:


Heer Comments

Sources:

German Military Vehicles.
ISBN-10: 087349783X

Armoured Fighting Vehicles of Germany World War II.
ISBN-10: 0214203077

Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World Two.
ISBN-10: 1854095188

For a complete list of sources