Weapon Data Presented Elsewhere

7,62cm Pak 310(r). These were Soviet 76mm F–10 obr.1902/30 divisional guns, captured in large numbers in 1941.

Footnotes

1. 7,5cm Geb.K.15. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. Hogg calls this projectile Gr.39 but I think this is a misprint as all German 75mm HEAT projectiles were Gr.38. [up]

2. 7,5cm F.K.16 nA. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. Hogg quotes an anti-tank engagement range of 1,500m with the Gr.38 Hl/B and Gr.38 Hl/C but this seems to be optimistic given the low muzzle velocities of such projectiles. [up]

3. 7,5cm le F.K.18. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. [up]

4. 7,5cm le I.G.18 and 7,5cm le Geb I.G.18. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. Hogg quotes a maximum range of 3,795m for the Gr.38 Hl projectile, but this is probably the maximum range that a shell can be lobbed to rather than the maximum effective range. Hogg gives the projectile weights as 3.00kg and 3.05kg, respectively. However, elsewhere Hogg refers to the Gr.38 Hl projectile for the 7,5cm le I.G.18 as being 4.50 kg (p.31) and as that matches the weights of other German 75mm HEAT projectiles I have used those weights instead. [up]

5. 7,5cm Geb.G.36. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. Hogg calls this projectile Gr.38 (with no pattern designation) but the 7,5cm L.G.40 uses the same HEAT ammunition as this gun and Hogg specifies Gr.38 Hl/B for that gun. Hogg gives a maximum effective range of 1,000m which is based of the graduations on the gunsight, but this may still be optimistic. [up]

6. 7,5cm I.G.37 and 7,5cm I.G.42. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. It is likely that these two guns were only issued with the Gr.38 Hl/A projectile rather than both the Gr.38 Hl and the Gr.38 Hl/A projectiles, as they were much later designs and by this time the Gr.38 Hl projectile had been superseded. Hogg is unclear on this. [up]

7. 7,5cm F.K.38. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. [up]

8. 7,5cm L.G.40. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. This was a recoilless weapon built in four parts each capable of parachute descent without special packing. The Pzgr.rot projectile is the same as the K.Gr.rot.Pz. for the 7,5cm F.K.16 nA. Hogg does not provide the muzzle velocity or penetration for this round, but as the HE projectile was lighter at 5.83kg and had a muzzle velocity of only 350m/s I assume the penetration of the Pzgr.rot projectile would have been very low. The Gr.38 Hl/B projectile was the same as for the 7,5cm Geb.G.36. [up]

9. 7,5cm Geb.G.43. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. This used the same ammunition as the Geb.G.36 so the same comments regarding the HEAT ammunition applies. Hogg gives a maximum effective range of 1,000m which is based on the graduations of the gunsight, but this may still be optimistic. [up]

10. 7,5cm R.F.K.43. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. There is no information about the Gr.43 Hl projectile. Hogg speculates that not many of these guns were made but they were accepted for service. [up]

11. 7,5cm F.K.7M85. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. [up]

12. 8cm P.A.W.600. Source: Hogg, Ian V.: German Artillery of World War Two. Hogg gives a maximum range of 750m, but this may still be optimistic. About 260 were built between December 1944 and March 1945. The gun was later known as the 8cm PWK 8H63. [up]