7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37
| 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 | |
|---|---|
 At the Panzermuseum Munster | |
| Type | Infantry support gun |
| Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Nazi Germany |
| Production history | |
| No. built | 1,304 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 510 kg (1,120 lb) |
| Barrel length | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) L/22[1] |
| Shell | Fixed QF 75 x 89 mm R[2] |
| Shell weight | 5.45 kg (12 lb) |
| Caliber | 75 mm (2.95 in) |
| Elevation | −10° to +40° |
| Traverse | 60°[1] |
| Muzzle velocity | 280 m/s (920 ft/s) (common) 395 m/s (1,300 ft/s) (anti-tank)[1] |
| Maximum firing range | 5.15 km (3.2 mi) |
The 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm IG 37) was an
While the gun carriage was an old design, the gun itself was a new design created by Krupp, though the design had been shelved at the time of its conception. The gun has two distinctive features: the first is the large four-baffle muzzle brake and the second is the vertical sliding-block breech that was considered unusual for a Krupp designed gun. The breech operates in a semi-automatic fashion, in that once the gun was fired the breech block would open and eject the spent casing and remained open to allow for rapid reloading. The breech would then be closed once the next round was loaded and the gun was then ready to fire.[3]
See also
References
- ^ OCLC 2067391.
- ^ "75-77 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES". www.quarryhs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-01-17. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
- ^ OCLC 50056418.
Sources
- http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/Infanteriegeschutze.htm (in German)
- Engelmann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliederung, Ausbildung, Führung, Einsatz. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: C. A. Starke, 1974
- Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
- Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X
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