5cm Pak38 Anti Tank Gun

The Pak 38 utilised the common 50mm gun appeared too late for the Polish and French campaigns but saw service during Operation Barbarossa in 1941 In its early service it was one of the few anti tank guns capable of piercing the 45mm armour of the Russian T-34. It was also capable of firing the Panzergranate 40 APCR shot allowing it to take on the heavier KV-1.

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