Weapon Data Presented Elsewhere

Solothurn M SS 41. These were Swiss anti-tank rifles produced for Germany.

Pz.B.770(p), later renamed Pz.B.35(p). These were captured Polish anti-tank rifles. An excellent design, it was adopted in large numbers.

Pz.B.770(i). These were captured Polish anti-tank rifles handed over to the Italians, mainly on the Russian front.

Pz.B.785(h), Pz.B.785(i) and Pz.B.785(s). The Pz.B.785(s) was a Swiss anti-tank rifles produced for Germany. The others were produced for the Netherlands (Holland) and Italy, and subsequently were captured by the Germans.

2,5cm Pak 112(f). These were captured French anti-tank guns. Little use was made of them, and those few that were issued went to second and third line units.

2,5cm Pak 113(f). These were captured French anti-tank guns. A few were used in coastal defences, particularly in the Channel Islands.

2,5cm Kw.K.121(f). These were guns mounted on captured French tanks.

Footnotes

1. M.G.13k. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa. The AP projectile was a solid shot round with no explosive filler. [up]

2. M.G.34. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Panzer Truppen Vol 2 and Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa. The AP projectile was a solid shot round with no explosive filler. [up]

3. Pz.B.38. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa. The AP projectile was a solid shot round with no explosive filler. [up]

4. 2cm Kw.K.30 & 38, and 2cm Flak 30 & 38. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Panzer Truppen Vol 2. The Kw.K.30 & 38 were developed from the Flak 30 & 38, respectively. [up]

5. 2cm EW141. Source: Achtung Panzer! This was the main gun for the Pz.Kpfw.I Ausf.C and D. [up]

6. 2,8cm s.Pz.B.41. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. The 2,8cm s.Pz.B.41 was an anti-tank rifle in name only, in every other respect it was an anti-tank gun. This is a taper bore gun, with the barrel tapering from 28mm to 20mm at the muzzle. [up]

7. 3cm Flak 103/38. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. [up]