Weapon Data Presented Elsewhere

4,5cm Pak 184(r) and 184/1(r). These were captured Soviet 45mm anti-tank guns. Some publications give these designations as Pak 148(r) and 148/1(r), but I suspect this to be a transposition error.

4,7cm Pak (Böhler). This was the widely used Austrian 4,7cm Böhler taken over after the German annexation of Austria.

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

4,7cm Kw.K.173(f). These were guns mounted on captured French tanks.

4,7cm Pak 177(i). This was the widely used Austrian 4,7cm Böhler produced under licence in Italy and captured by the Germans in 1943 after Italy’s surrender. A few were used by some second line units.

4,7cm Pak 181(f) and 183(f). These were captured French anti-tank guns. The Germans acquired large numbers of them and they were used by units in Occupied France, and some were still in service in the Normandy campaigns in 1944. Many of them were also used on various SP vehicles.

4,7cm Pak 185(b). These were captured Belgian anti-tank guns. A few were used to bolster defences in the Channel Islands.

4,7cm Pak 187(h). This was the widely used Austrian 4,7cm Böhler captured by the Germans during the invasion of the Netherlands in 1940.

4,7cm Pak 196(r). This was the widely used Austrian 4,7cm Böhler, taken over from Lithuania in 1939 after Soviet annexation of the Baltic States, and subsequently captured by the Germans during the invasion of the Soviet Union.

Footnotes

1. 5cm Kw.K.38. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa and Chamberlain, Peter and Doyle, Hilary L.: Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two. The Pzgr.39 projectile was issued in late 1941. There are insignificant differences between the two sources regarding penetration data and APCR muzzle velocity. (From On Armour by Claus Bonnesen). [up]

2. 5cm Kw.K.39 and 5cm Pak 38. Source: Jentz, Thomas L: Panzer Truppen Vol 1; Jentz, Thomas L: Tank Combat in North Africa; Chamberlain, Peter and Doyle, Hilary L.: Encyclopedia of German Tanks of World War Two; von Senger und Etterlin, Ferdinand Maria: Die Deutschen Panzer 1926–1945. and Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. There are insignificant differences between the sources regarding penetration data. The Pzgr.umg projectile is only listed in Hogg for the 5cm Pak 38 but it could have been used in the 5cm Kw.K.39 as well; it was similar to the Pzgr. projectile with the addition of a piercing cap making it an APC projectile. The Pzgr.39 projectile was issued in late 1941. It is possible that these two APC projectiles are in fact one and the same. The original Pzgr.40 had the projectile enclosed in a spindle-shaped carrier shell that sat inside the cartridge so that only the upper edge of the carrier and the ballistic cap could be seen. This projectile is not very aerodynamic in shape and it was replaced by the Pzgr.40/1 with a more streamlined design and a full body carrier shell. It had a slightly lower muzzle velocity resulting in lesser penetration at point blank range (100m). However the better aerodynamic shape allowed the projectile to maintain its velocity for a longer range, so it had better penetration than the original Pzgr.40 at 500 metres. From about 1943 the Pzgr.40/1 was referred to as Pzgr.40, presumably because all stocks of the older Pzgr.40 had been used up and there was no longer any need to differentiate between the two types. (Partly from On Armour by Claus Bonnesen). [up]

3. 5cm Flak 41. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. [up]