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75mm FK 40 gun

New designation for the 75mm PAK 40 assigned to the regiments of divisional artillery. The idea was to give those units an efficient antitank weapon that could also be used as a field gun. They began to be affected from late 1944
Built by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG Germany

Other designation(s): 75mm Feldkanone 40
Upper: 75mm PAK 40, 75mm field

MiscellaneousCaliber: 75 mm L/46

75mm FK 7M 85 gun

Type: field gun

Nationality: Germany

Competing model of the 75mm FK 40: it took over the same barrel, as well as the aiming and recoil systems of the 75mm PAK 40, but put them on the carriage of a 105mm le. FH 18/40, better suited for the role of a field gun of the new piece
Upper: 75mm PAK 40, 75mm field

MiscellaneousCaliber: 75 mm L/43
Total weight: 1778.0 kg
Length with the carriage: 5.85 meters
Length: 3.20 meters
Width: 2.11 meters
Height: 1.83 meters
Rate of fire: 10 rounds per minute (at most)

AmmunitionsMuzzle velocity: 550 meters per second
Range: 10 275 meters

75mm PAK 40L gun

Type: aircraft gun, cannon

Nationality: Germany

Version of the 75 mm PAK 40 of the land army adatped to be fitted in aircraft (the "L" stood for "Luftwaffe"). The muzzle brake had been enlarged to buffer the recoil that the airframe had to take. A further evolution was the 75mm BK 7,5, where the mechanical firing system was replaced by an electro-pneumatic one.
Upper: 75mm PAK 40, German aircraft gun

MiscellaneousCaliber: 75 mm

Users
Hs 129B-2/R4

75mm BK 7,5 gun

Type: aircraft gun, cannon

Nationality: Germany

75mm PAK 40L with its mechanical firing system replaced by an electric-pneumatic one, better suited to its arial role.
Upper: 75mm PAK 40, German aircraft gun

MiscellaneousCaliber: 75 mm
Rate of fire: 40 rounds per minute

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Hs 129B-3

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