Alternative German tanks & AFVs (2 Viewers)

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One book claims the 37mm gun weighed 195kg. This may be for the complete gun and not just barrel and breechblock. The short 50mm was 223kg, the log 50mm was 305kg and the short 75mm was 285kg. It is not just a question of the weight of the gun, If you are using a nearly 300kg gun instead of a 200kg gun you need better (larger/heavier) elevating and traverse mechanisms or perhaps go to power traverse (but see later) the larger turret ring and other knock-on effects.
Short 50mm was at 400 kg for the total gun = barrel + breech block + breech (together 223 kg) + cradle + recoil system (together 177 kg). Long 50mm was at 435 kg, while the short 75mm was at 490 kg.
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