7.5 cm Pak 41
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The 7.5 cm Pak 41 was one of the last German anti-tank guns brought into service and used in World War II and notable for being one of the largest anti-tank guns to rely on the Gerlich principle (pioneered by the German gun-designer Hermann Gerlich, who developed the principle in the 1920s, reportedly for a hunting rifle) to deliver a higher muzzle velocity and therefore greater penetration in relation to its size.[1]
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7.5 cm Pak 41 | |
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A preserved 7.5 cm PaK 41 | |
Type | Anti-tank gun |
Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
Service history | |
Used by | Nazi Germany |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designer | Krupp, Essen |
Produced | 1941-1943 |
No. built | 150 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 1,390 kg (3,064 lbs) |
Length | 4.325 m (14 ft 2.3 in) |
Barrel length | 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) |
Crew | 5 |
Shell | Fixed QF 75×543 mm R |
Shell weight | 2.5 kg (5 lb 8 oz) |
Caliber | 75 mm (2.95 in) reducing to 55 mm (2.16 in); 57 caliber length |
Carriage | Split-trail |
Elevation | –12.5° to +16° |
Traverse | 60° |
Muzzle velocity | AP 1,230 m/s (4,035 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 2,000 m (2,185 yds) |
Feed system | single shot, breech loading |
Sights | sighted up to 1500 m |
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It is similar to, but distinct from, the Waffe 0725, which, while also based on the Gerlich principle, had a different barrel calibre.[2]