Solothurn S-18/100
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| Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm anti-tank cannon | |
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API Blowback | |
| Rate of fire | Semi-automatic |
| Muzzle velocity | 735 m/s with a Hungarian APHE-T round |
| Effective firing range | 400 m (for penetration of 50mm armor) |
| Feed system | 10-round detachable box magazine |
| Sights | A dedicated scope |
The Solothurn S-18/100 20 mm anti-tank cannon was a German and Swiss
APHE-T
round, since it was the only type used in Finland) as 20mm at a 60-degree angle at 100-metre distance, decreasing to 16mm at 500 metres.
A variant of this design, the Soviet occupation.[1]
In March 1940, with funds collected in Switzerland to help the Finnish war effort in the
Swiss army. The weapons arrived into Finland during the spring after the war had ended, but they were later used in the Continuation War. However, the guns were soon found to be obsolete in their intended role. Various models of the S-18 series, including the Solothurn S-18/1000 and the Solothurn S-18/1100 were also used by Switzerland, the Kingdom of Hungary, Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy
, and the Netherlands.
The Waffenfabrik Solothurn firearms company was owned by the German firm Rheinmetall, and used the Swiss company to manufacture arms which were prohibited for manufacture by any German firm to get around arms limitations imposed upon them at the end of the First World War.
Gallery
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20 mm Tankbüchse Solothurn S18-100 -
German soldier in Russia, S 18-100
Users
Bulgaria - 308[2] commanded in 1936[1]
Estonia:[3] 4 bought in 1936 for testing, reverse-engineered as Solothurn-Arsenal[1]
Finland:[4] 12 S-18/154[1]
Germany: some for trials[5]
Japan: 1 S-18/100 bought in 1936 for comparison with type 97 automatic cannon[6]
Hungary: Produced under license as 36M 20mm Nehézpuska. Used on 38M Toldi and 39M Csaba[5]
Italy: some for trials in 1934[5]
Netherlands: 6 for trials in 1937[5]
Switzerland: some for trials[5]
United States: 2 S-18/100 purchased in 1939 for trials at Aberdeen Proving Ground[7]
See also
- List of API blowback firearms
- Anti-tank rifle
- Boys anti-tank rifle
- Lahti L-39
- Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr
- Panzerbüchse 39
- PTRD-41 ― Mass-produced competing design to the PTRS
- PTRS-41 ― Mass-produced competing design to the PTRD
- Type 97 automatic cannon
- Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle
- Weapons employed in the Slovak–Hungarian War
Notes
- ^ a b c d Zaloga 2018, p. 23.
- ^ Казазян, Агоп. Противотанковите пушки в българската войска, Военноисторически сборник, кн. 2, 2005, с. 52-53. (Kazazian, Agop. Anti-tank Rifles in Bulgarian Army, Military Historical Collection, 2005, vol. 2, p.52-53.) Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 20 mm Solothurn gun during the testings. 1936. National Archives of Estonia
- ^ "AT-RIFLES PART 2: Foreign designs". Jaeger Platoon. JTV.
- ^ a b c d e Zaloga 2018, p. 22.
- ^ Zaloga 2018, p. 29.
- ^ Zaloga 2018, p. 27.
References
- Pitkänen, Mika & Simpanen, Timo. 20 mm Suomessa - Aseet ja ampumatarvikkeet ennen vuotta 1945
20 mm in Finland - Weapons and Ammunition prior to 1945. Apali, 2007.ISBN 978-952-5026-59-7 - Zaloga, Steven J. (2018). The Anti-Tank Rifle. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1722-8.
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