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
For a complete list of
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