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German Gun Accuracy 47mm to 50mm calibre

Name Calibre/
Length
Projectile Accuracy (%)
Type Name Weight
(kg)
Muzzle
Vel (m/s)
Test
type
Range (m)
 500  1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000
5cm Kw.K.38 [1] 50mm/L42 AP Pzgr. 2.06 685 Dispersion 100 100 99      
Firing 100 96 71      
5cm Pak 38 [V] [2] 50mm/L60 AP Pzgr. 2.06 835 Dispersion 100 100 98      
Firing 100 95 68      

Copyright © 1999 David Michael Honner. Based on the probability of hitting a 2.5m × 2m target.
For the definition of “Dispersion” and “Firing” tests see the Introduction to Weapons Data page.
All guns achieve 100% for both types of firing tests at 100m range.

Weapon Data Presented Elsewhere

4,7cm Pak 36(t). These were Czechoslovakian anti-tank guns taken over after the German annexation of Czechoslovakia.

Footnotes

1. 5cm Kw.K.38. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa. [up]

2. 5cm Pak 38. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa. Although the 5cm Kw.K.39 is ballistically the same as the Pak 38, the accuracy is specified only for the Pak 38 in the reference. It is likely that the accuracy for the 5cm Kw.K.39 would be similar. [up]

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