[armor] schiffer 24 german anti-tank guns 1935-45, 37, 50, 75, 88mm

8/3/2019 [Armor] Schiffer 24 German Anti-tank Guns 1935-45, 37, 50, 75, 88mm

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Left: rn]y the 75nl'm Pak pro' d to beca pa ble of de,aJi n: . \vi~h al] tank' in the eas t~nlld W oS l at gre,mt d .. rances, II unitedrnohi lh'y ,vi t J J . pe:n et r.a~iiJ)g PD'lf~'~T. ""hilt: L h, 8 nr ul 1. Pa k ,\,\',31, d 1 . rfi u iI[0 co n [,[0 ".lh f!50l1l["ln1Pak prnv: d nut as effe ii.,a teIl3.


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,P1eaiS'~m . : ; lude 12.00' pGS'm.ge',T;ry-ymrr 'hKlbto:rn iIlmr,

"his photo of a J] A8n l 1 n Pak 4",~~,J I ~ '7 ] wirh a Pak ,35 .9 5 clearIv~,hO'~TS~,it" jump iII dev elop rue nr within tOLl I years, I'he whi [~

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unns, T'he service-arm color of ...ese newun its nr as rose pi nk tas ,,\,ras ~hiU of' [ ' 1 1 e .ar m OJIt d , t ru up s), T])I irs 11.0ulder Ilaps h el d . a']alrge Ietter P ~tid,ifl'erenli~H:.ethem Irom (]rher

'llOOPS, with rose piping~~T'he 14lh (,.4.11rirank)Co m p,Jl11~' fl t the [I J"~ant :ry r. leg: in. le:Q'~S, e s tab-1 . ished ]aeer. retained lh~ "'Ihite service-arm,()olol" of 1he infall try,

The Origins of a N ew \Veaponliiiliiiil!llliP A'K

l G ' 0 1 " 1 I ' I L . . i '" I ik.-ne ,', errnan mrutary e3,r er'"~,nlp~] ust ),~C'all Ioreign mi'li tarj s. ta :f l s--"" 'TH'omoted an ti-ta n l 1!U'rlJ S 10J' lh e infaru I \ .- on the b asis 0[. . . . . . / 1 '\\ ' orl.d War J : experience, These 11'f'\'V g uns,w hich could. be (_"a]'Ied canncns, were toacbi e,: I'I~'"~ond resu ll.s at m edi III ra n ges, Todn th is" cert ain ~e'd1.Elit:~dplrobl~,m.s h ad to beSUrlIJOunlC(l: high penetrating power of (he&hel[ (Id~epcnding, nn irritia] velocitv) andrapid rate o] fire, low f:Onst ruction of the :g~Jn~g:rral, mo hili tv an d hwgh . traverse U.'e]d of 'I' hf.barrel,The Treatv of Versailles did 11O i l. afIow the~(';erma D Reih ' 1 , 0 prod u ce su ch a t- v eapo nUnly lh,,' Rhein meta ~I,~norsig AC; I~,rlnwasaf lowed tu BJ'[fodl1{'I~ ~uns up ~.Oa 1.3tUb,c]f of17Umrrl. Onm I a h er 'I h e French LfoollSeva < . ua ' ed the oc cu pi ed Rhei I]land in 1g25and the All ied Control ,.l'1nlmiss],on bc:g'311 10d i s! !! iu l v r d i d II,he produr'rion of n ew weaponsh(;gi, n iII IIh l ~ (:0 U' sc of genera 1rearman U~ru.Th e Rhf :i ~lln,~ta 1]-B lJ rsi g i\(.; began tha[

sam ye~-r lu d esig11. , d("\o"elnp and p,rud uce a37,nU11 g'l.U1 th a l was jntended [o r :a11,h;Ei ,nk,use, Prod,ucLion bcga n i:1 , I Q2". Lndividua]parts of the guns 'wetle made in variousSJn3] Ier shops and ,a~.~e,nbled in tht a,s~lInbl'Vhalb, of Rhfilllne'taU~Bol':s:ig AG~ , R C ~ ' \ ' \ f , e n'~Y'28and ~'!l33 some 2003 7mJII fa[it.H~r ,~u:n"coutd be p~!uduf:ed" Th'~'~7 were 00' igil1a~~~'d(_~gn ated T il.K (Ta 11ka UlV ehrl at 11one).

I 1il1SI~'Vt:1 '3 ~ branch es 'of the R,~ i(h~,'!1vehr Ilu~,rrrwere ill 11.ea.d V I(,:(U1 t ~iauies a rmed ~"\ti :h th is ~UJlat the hegirming . 1 m h rr ' Thirdes.,. From dH,! '11.1n . h e r e develop sd 3:" o f 1 .!t '3 4 the : il"~H an titank


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measured 30 em, The h rrcl had,~xl,e'enriiJin,gs, turning sli, .htll' [0. rhe ri ht, , hercoil' f the barrel aliter hri ng' "U10U [Tied tr 6te en , In rIC~.

- h c prea ding :m,onD lV~L I'e : 'a1 11111d ~a ~\1ahe I tD,gill o .f' he chassis, 3,.40 meter OJ Th

The .Un inn~odured 10 the troops, m , n ~ 93"1~,3.,~a . in it - lo,"~ a n d CD..il y ma.int.airu d lonB~ aqui kl y mobil:: gun casl / mov-d bra fOU['iOman w , h. wa C' en possible-s-unfikepire'vi,olullighr.uns-rio puU the ~r7m'fDaLover ditch er up slope b~- anpuwer.The gun had rhe (oH,01: ,dn weiglu andmeasu res:

lVeigh t [I(~ad. 1, 0 f ire: 3.30kgOvera U ,i ~l1gdl: :~t410metersIncluding barrel Iength (rna: .): 1.66 1~:ereAimirlg field of the h rrelin ele'\'at iro,[I: ..R 1. 0 + 2 ' 5 ill {~gree;

in tra1ter, e: f iO rlegrtt'mrnu rririoru a ~iinank shells'I,"~ .' h 0 I i ! ! ! k~\f elg" ~: ':'~::,J,~,gM zzle \ ' IeI r ru : - : - : Ifi .meter. per .ec ndArmor penet ra tion: 3 ,6 mrn at 5 1 1 0 1 meters

It had ,3 spreading mount and shiel ., andcould e [0'ed b)' a motor vehicle, horses, orrna, n:po Wet',., The g n D'~S w 1 1 re is , 1 < " e Ire rn a d e ofb~nod1and bore rubber t i r e s ,'The rirs[ trials in the field (maneuvers, etc.)showed that the 37m'm ak wa.s good bu~could srtll 'be improved, Thus , 3 . 1 1 1 ,imp'rovedgun was built b,~the' 1.hcinmetal1-Borsig AG'V k!.h h h e lp a nd support f : l I 'om '[he Army\V , ea I JOn . s Office. This was officiaU} dcsig-nated ~j 37nun Pak 35/36. I 10 -he proces.sl the'Dew 3lbln:',evi~u ion was mtroduced: Pak(Panzera bwehr ranone).The 3/mm Pak .3 ,5 3 , 1 6 bad ,Igross weight of. :1 5 0 k il og Ir a Ins. Th e b a r re l had ' an 01ver all[en.g Ih of 1 . . 6 1 6 meters 0 ( whi ch 1.31 nru~1rSwere ri Ied, The' ..Olll hu ti un c - .arn b

wId th of th tg-iJn \ '\ 'j th spread spar was 1.65,meters. the hei~lu to the' upper rilH o r (heshi Id W.3. 1.17 meter ' m ' " he special Ieanr .ufIh'~'.',easil [y and comfort a Id y m 011~ ]e gu II111'~',teI~h sp rcaditl:.,~pa rand dl eshield', .ornposedo r _ front, borrorn and n\l"O side panels,

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_be" f.f!"i [ [ i f a P,a'k-fqual 10 a,gro'u.p .in anInf an r. corn p,an,~ -co'nsis lied. 0.( a, non-cnmnrissfoned u{6ca as ~.r'~TUplead r, oncg u , nRn r( a] s o cal led G lU1 . n e 'r ' 1 ) 1Gurmer 2 (theloader)~ (~uTlners 3 and 4 (amrnuniti enrna vers) and.I,"~o drivers, One 01 them 'was theali ve r of the towing vehicle of t he , gun , 1 ' \l "h i. l1 '!'Ih e 0t i l t er d r ove the 5o ..C a~u e d Iimbe r vehi cled "h ' , ~~ 'that rowe r r e ammurutron trauer,The 11 U?lV ~ un fi red three I, i(['H?D t she ~Is!antitank, explosive aRlip-erson lei and hard-

(ore shell. Their weights and measures 'were:I~1,01 nex t p a t g < { ~ ,

1. .r r: Eve n the 1igh l , f. S t er llelll y tank Vi.'as n 01afraid to loll ever th],~ liule gun,

I G L I n dri lon rhe~raLlnds o r aIainin~ rrip'ld :inpe r l rn ,. ('Ihe ar rr '~~is,hit unit or~.~Ot L [J It;.J'- e li ~a nd at r, h I g'U 11 --~n-' 1 1 1 ~ 'l-~"r'\t/ s. !a\ 'tj n .i 1 li t I'Lh ruri n r~nu .


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- _ h e hard- f,e' lil"iI,'~-v re intrndu . d o'nly iIl 9140 , 13.$ \~fellr'thC' gr __U~ 11\' im,pl rov d iU1ti ta.n k,hen. 3[9 no . - . I f t - h ' last tvpe cou! ..1 1 ' netrate' 5 mi ni i inle.u:~T~nJ armor a L a d:i.51.aot:,e of 2 : ' 0 0rn ters,

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7~t~metera/sec 36nlnl at 5[OOm7,j5 m. ~lf'rsl sec, for. infarn ' T r , ' targ;: t: ,only~(J.30 meter s /!~H~("0 .nl'~n a 1 5'00 :111

__n the: ..acetitne IPhom.o~this 'nP' taken on a fi:r~ngrange. _~ l 1 : It i~the group lfl'r der, next [ h im tne ..unuer.Th e o ther I[w O r gUJ] []er 5,are h01di :~'lg 0\0\.0' n the righ ( :5 par.

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The sup'pl'Y of 37m:m. Pak :iuclre,ased. IrnmI DI ~20 0 tUl S e p te m b er 1 f I. : 1 ,9 10 1. ' ~ 2 1 1 ~ . 3o 011April ~ I! 1940and 1 . 4 - r 4 5 . Y fin June l , 1941..Losses of' ~ritu.n.s[0 enemy acti (.'J n wereeno rmon S~.jiLJ.Sl in '. h e peri od ffJ~)m1 \1a)' 11toJ urie 2 : 0 . , 1'9~I (lAjrir~t'trn earn pa igD) 6 3 6 'Werelost: I rO:Ut Decemb er 1!.1.941 tn Fe hru arv 28,.1'942 (Kuss ian \1r' ti nre r Iig h ti.ng) 1502.t to fm.~.f 'onlv two statit: i cs .The AImy Hi.g)l ellmma ltd.isued an erder0l1. M.a : IC .b .16~ 1 9 4 C J that, efteL1]ve immediately,'[he ,a..otil.[ank urrits were to ~b~enamed Panzer-

jaglPr units .......nd ehe Iormer Panzerabwehr-kanone (antitankgun) became the Panzer-j i a . ! l ; f - r k anone, hut the shor.t 'form O l Pak \va~rc [3n,ed.

.~n theIs t. 11 C aoet irne t,r a I'~( be G~ 'f ':m . i6 l J .nArm!had 5,1amiiank un ilS, ,,,r.h.icb were, except forthe one antitank traiuing' unit stationed ~n.'\.viiS D O I : r l Rea I ..Rer 1iI" d,i\~i ed a01u ng thedivisioas. Their numbers of 37:m.m Pak guns\ > ' ! i ere as fo'l ']o \li~':I'mfantrv division~t\rmo[e'd d ivisionMouu tail] dli viaionlIn[antl'Y division (mot.)Light infantry divisinnCa val ry 'llhigad. e 1 .

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,48 gun.s"2 guns....) guns21 guo .S '...n an titan k unit nurmallv consisted i).13staff, three companies and a replacement(om pan f 'W'i.22 0'ffi reers i ' I .hree 0 rf leial S '" 13 2non ..comm Issione d of Iicers an d 5,51 e n Iis le dmen, Their motor vehicles were: tjpersonnel'\i' eh ie 1 .es, 91 , tru cks, 78 mo tor cv c le s ~ 4 16 w ilhid:~ecars,\V h.e n .,~~orld W,3f I] : beg;)" 3,Dd ne:wdivisions were estahlished. the field a.rm! j as0:[ Se.plem b et '1 i ] 9 3 ! l 1 'i .I1lJm brrrd 2 3 ~02'9officers, no n-commiss ioned olricer.i andle n listed men ill the iUl.tit3nk uni ts j artd therepfacement arm Y 'numbered il l ti ~353men ..Inth~ wi nter .0'[ :I 93940 rh ~ p['sonR~ I'WtSincreaserh

Feldheer Ersa tzhe e' rOff1rers '2 ~2 5 1 1U Ui dia.]:s, , 3 6 , 3No n . .OJIn. to Ificers 13,.i 3-nJii' IliLld me n r : = : 6 17 83

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German U:"(}{)IPS nl0VC into Liege on May 16~191Ct An infantrv gun pulled by a 'Krupprruc.1k (Special Kfz.No, 59~-theideal lo\\\;ri.ngvehicle for t h(~~7m.IU Pak r


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J e [ \v hei gh f I ~hortnes 0[ ~ht sJJ~rs and narrow ~pres d o( thema l t 1 'I ;i " ." rh, g~I1fluI~k . up ~ s nall positirm ..Th upper pai of :1 ,.I{:n[. hi ld C Juld' .lso be fa], ,t' down-s-and Ih gun cam evenm .l ler. The g ms 3l-C een here 11 th e st -- 1 11111k ' a bio R issianriver in 1 g.) 3 t, ov , i " , .n d before '1~ubruk ',:"orrh !\ _ ri a, in ] 942(below.~.


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A ] on~ with coldnes s an d . ' J ] ipperv ice r thewinter pro ied ad ilional dl[[il h ies,or en ].]1 a ~led was of use for p - ! ' ; i n " 1 nhat g s.

}\,'I e up )' IJ , W g l 1 L rnernh -r s ol th eG1QSSae1ll f.."hund I nf(ul try Re .iment a~,eseen on. L e d! i I Iield,

Ri hi:" - 1" t\lin ci of 1 . 9 1 .. ,2 j.n southernR,u s i a " h ', i 1 k i11 f. t nf lh sp~r~it rhit"fru c n ~r [' ud 0 vi usl I _tU . ". di Hi "n hI .s .


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I I o r CI " (.1 n bet \~' ,I~ r c ee l ',I) j n I reaLV. 011 r v a ' 1 l er "I ]i'nse .' ...b ~o bl,,j if " I ~ ~he 1l.ipanest' .irm 0. Kyu ~r "1 Shi - .,; . a n iUl'U l'1J,I,n3 ~1ra' I .After rhargu ns we e deliverednierrlv [lorn t he - German R ],c-h [10Ji:s,il ia, Fin land,, .. F(: 'e ce , " ,p ain .. C i .' ' ( h i" ovakia anri T u Tk' , .

Pak ui h in Russia were oft 1 '1 ' ... ~ ru r, ' d a' I III ,U :3 , U ~I ut in t ' eUlr13U ervic immediatclt .;e r a 1 l Inn")sh ~lt~ ould b e Ii red Irurn them, "h e Ri So ia n ~]!:fn ~- l , d Pi , kc n 1 e reruanizcd bv Illl ir socked ~,.h" Is (hf"~'[rr suited tob ~ r'5.il(he Russian mud ,,'


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was scan.: :e.l~'e H e II ic a ga i n s~,newer types o[ tanks, The.t: PPf'".1ranee of d:~cRussian T =3 , j K,'N 'l, F I 'n d K .w II n de d, itscareer. The 1i~~'h~'g~m failedcomple tel rand w a )11 ikna rntd rh e .,~gu n ~'orknocking 0.11. tanks." '[heinu oduct Lon of nhe so-calledstick g-~ enadc 41-an oversizeshell wei ghing ,8,5 kg and~ruck O:~Ito ( 1 1e h at rcl (ri.ght)-rould penetrate thick tankt v a ~I at short r i : u : t g e o : : ! up L Ol8C lmm l, but r e su lted 1 11muchs c a l l . e . r m ng at even 200 me ters

'Tl re G e~'man ex,pc ri cnces inthe w e s te rn campaign it] 1940S howed cie at 'l" th a L I I II he P a .k~

1,he e uel carne q u ickl y for lhc:)7unn Pak. Larg~"'1cal ibers.nd ~r If ~ ' r . 1 !r 1p:'1 1eel moun ['5were Icq Ill["~ted arid 5UJl lied[Ut the Panzer] agel: IJIlilSC ] uicklv and in ~n:.a(nurnhersas oJ 19, t2 . Here an :1 1mo 'pelh[nolo'ii. r " \ ,VI ~Spe" (\1l3Sr,) TO II~pas [ a d esrroyed ,1 7 [l1l11 Pak 01lh,~'[;jIst [~Pt' (J 011g baind)-J . ; : . u ss ia, jl!j + ~t


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h D I 1. e .eveo.pmen'a .The 50m-.n PakExperience in the blS'l munths o( the '-panishCJvim."'ral ~~dlO~~'cdna.t rille 17run1 l . Pa k was notcapa ble 0 .fiJ{hting off beavv battle tanks, In1'~ 13B I 11e ,1 \ r m y \\1Ita po 11 S Offi ce co n t rm.(:~edwith .he ' -_ I einmerall-Borsig AG '10 designanrl hufl d ~I weapon irh a bn" 'g er calther bu lus Hrrle '\Yfighl as possible, Just two years,13re - rh e HrSI new g'U n s l ~o l. lt C dof I d1 C 9SStl'l1 b r u . ~Ii ne,

h e ~ 'O mm Pak 38 L. 60 ''''38 in ex~S teDc. r i_ht n ew .Ertun wa a~mo s t id entica [0 the37mm P a _ _ L in design. , . 1 \ , uev fearurc , . . v a s themurzle brake which decreased the recoi]power on the mount, which could rhus bebill] Iii Iighter in l1rcigbl., 'Forsion-barspriugsgrea t ly red Deed theopo w e r net ded eo ~fa II IJ!O r [the gun, The do ruble sh . i e ld liY as u e \11 and .cons,is ted of I~~- I -mm sh ild s~one be h i n d .[he Qther ~a L ,8 d m sranee of 2!imm I.A [.Il]le e n d 0.[ 1 '940 the Ii [,:d 59nnu Pa k 'couldbe deJ~ver o o to the 1oup s, wi eh arm y .30D d .Panzer] agel'" urrits supp,H,ed Hrst. "(}starmored and 3. fiel~ ' infa.nl.ry units; received thenew :gMJ]~~shord.". Ibe 'for~ '.h.e eastern earn-p aign, l\'"hen tha tria m ' pa, ign he ga'n on Jun e22,~ 94] th e ar mlY had 1064 of the ,50mm Pak,It wa s ver u seful ag ; : a ins 1. I ig h t hlliks~butpowerless 3.ga.inst ~hc T-34" The Iirst jcstshots at these ranks on June 3 1 1 \ . 1941 ,,_.,'re thebasis 01 the developmem of an even heaviergu~w,

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'L lJlu.ulle brake, 2. Steel disc whee l with lul] r obb e r tire 3 ,.Double shield" ...Spreading man nt ...1. F . r" fo r th e s re era ble rear wheel.


19/51

, 4 ; . hO'H~:'Fil']11g drjll with the 5,U, [ I ,1[ Pak al [he Panzerjager Train -ngITn : i~'s ~rairiing Iaci lit;, ~The Ieaiu re s 0[ th e new flak are (lea b 10 ~ee ' :longp'r barrr-l. doub Ie shield, wheel 5j etc: The . ~ 1 I I J nner is, ~i:gh'[m ng n h l f l lt'i[rfg~':lL.rh e loader ~3 kes Ihe s he 11 f - om the am 111un i ti011 carrier. \'thHerh e grou p 1eadrr ~n,~"1o the ie[t~ obser ves h is .r ew ,

~I(lfr-~,]er IC'rl1 ' J ' i Ig5

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Designed as early as 19~.-nhus rhe designatinn of : 3 ! O n l 1 1 1 . Pak 38L 1),0-[hi g u n reached tile PiJin.zfJja .gel '[mop 0 1y at [he end of 1940 1 often mixed v _ , r n t h 31'Illm g u n s i : 1. nh . U J n ~ l - ~ i picture s ~5 taken in Tunis ill1943 . ( H t i \ _ ), ,


21/51

The ","cigb:[ 0' the new PBJ~.was 1062 k~ .. Itsad va nlages over 'Ihe fa -~.~er 3 'lm m Pal werebased un a ne .sp.reading moun' with dnubleshield, a semi-auromatic Ilat-wedge verticalbreech mechanism, a P' sh-bn.tton ~'rigge rand an auxi iafJ Fa' , aiming telescope. The.b ~ r re 1 Ie n g th w.a. .'i o .o t . . .. . .. ..S . l,h e of f ici a l 'L ,I 6 (1I de i g na f:ion ,.you~.dsU.ggeilt-6ID caljb er ~ bUI.exacslv GR.5 caJitu;f. Tbe iOIi.a.1 bar re l length

TIle gUll fired fhfme shell types, as did i[!5pr edec es son Antitank, h e U _ , i.g l and 4,(1 1 , bigh.explosive shells and hard core shells. Theirdif:(~rell ces:

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[;un barrel arul h ,l fll b:. . a r r e 1 wi1 1 n u ~ zz l t b r a k e , ~ _ B : t t I ; , : "t.h 1 1 '1 c k , . S i H i ~nTP l 111DU.rHs, :J e I'in Ih e era Ie aH,d tmerns, ~ Sect ri n hn: ~

2.18 ".g0..98 kg1 , ~ 9 i ' o ' g

~ ' 2 3 , meter.! ec. 7 5 mm at 5 ( [ 1 0 I'Dl : 18 0 me iers/ sec, 115 m.m at 50 In.5,"0 meters/sec. l o o m , aeain '1 inla ..Dtt~y

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Th bree h:.I R~[, 1 1 spri: , .~. '8.[:-, ch 1 vcr. :t.. rl_"]'l b h prin ~j 4.\ u ~ e ll rn pn l r rr ~h _I ~ 'Itn I. .~ .(Ue"5. 1 " iin _pi' lun, If ], .... ~ ui ~ a nrlfil iU17 l', ... . 7. H.a. of }n:- . ,~-hhIH k ' \ , 1 ' " i t J I .hcll 11111- - I I e.


22/51

The 50rnrrl Pak could be moved by its 0"'1[] crew on read: and ijr m ground. This is '~,.h y the LluIU wheel at r h{~erni fie spars, wa ad led ( e above) and made s: the gun .ould be steered, (Photo taken in the 1lkraine,Ju1y I. . (4~t~.


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~.bovc: In l lu - ' 5 1 1 1 Light Divu in near"l ipoh.... t il A f ri a.. ar I, :d 1 , 1 ' 1 Y 'r L

l ppei !lgh~: On the west ban 1 : .of {heDUHt"l~ (I ic til ~aken A ugu s t '!.7 ] 9-i;.j,).'L'hegun ~I:.Jf' ,..ilh breech an I ~f oil bra ... can1 J ~ set'"1 verv lear lv here i J i kewi .>if lh widert , L b t '" ~ urc on ih e "he 1 8 ~ '11 d r h r ratherI U'11 pat: rnou ,I,' iince 'he gun is stil lvel}'~t) ' > \" , . t011:n Ii .lds .0He}" su Hii r n I ('0 vcr.

L-(j~'ht: ' . f. !U I e p las x rn eru n .' .m l' N r 1I\,"f '1 illI he no] t Iu] r~ ~t'C~Ol o r [hie ""';:.tern [ron I,(Marcl: 27, ~ I ~ 4). 1'be cuv re 1hreechbb )(:kca n b Sf'''1 'l le at lv . 1.f' .,.U -1 b 1.1r J( earn u n 1 " 3 ) 1 ~)in[ d ,'1 '. r I.


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1OjLLI~ ~ fi .. t t fT t 1 D n l 1 ~ m ~ r r H 1 . S D o n m i f 3 . 8~ U I T )r. l u. g (:31 ~m Fc.~)

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& ! i t P _ T f Q A K f 1 . . -J- T r I . . J pp S 'I f f ~ n t .S - T ro ~a ~~& li~~~5 Dtj) 'J 3 1 Uf f }~ ' , 1 3 , l f i o 1 t n l~h.1 1 'p K w ' , 1L K w i9 1 S e~, ~ 8 , ! h ! J l kr ~ c ) 1 2 'f- E '; GI '~W,I '5 'i~rt~ ,., I1-Pi~~t.5 r 1 1 , & ~ ~ - J~- 'at.,. ,1 " . 5 c rn P e R .

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ShLil [.JSllOOH1'l 9; in the au ttl mn of .I. 944 ~['re I mabl ~ on a firing I nge, ,inee th t'gr up lead _ I n rharge \< \ ear a I hiE, hfl

he maximum f'aJl'llgeof the antitank shellwas 9. ' kn i The high P. X 1 ,0 iv shetl carrieda 10": d of 6" , A I 'm ~t ~.hi,ch .aused s ptin-1, 1 ring lef,c(~ [0~jmen r: un . h side and!Ineltlr.. [cr._l.,

~ S i t he l'~ ra.r _o 0 U nu ' d 1 .. , ' ti 'lk : renadc \VkI, '"al : in I'll ~' duced (0[, this Gun ; it could pen-u'al,r 1 :'OrH ann,o~, b u t \ ,' , rare lv rub c u c( ti l s sh r a 11 ..

The, rln. Hii,gh Command iss,urd n nrd'~fon . .. :" "' 01 V ,mher 1 9 , 1MO according 1 0 1 w'hich thel-tnn tu i1~ tra or ("'o'llIldtr-KEz. 1 .0) wa e tobe' u ~d to tov...the ~OID Pak. IE-:ery Panzer-~'3g unit r , c - e i ' ed ..15,' vehjcfes. '~iD e th~ ' , f ilable capa il)pw~{a'nrl~uffici I '_ [lflh 'r d ,c ( 'Eo!~o 'ed n n ;U-U]~U~1i..'94ill, ' ceo dingto l t Y h i ' 11~h Panzerji .~" units of t h ,e ' inHan rL I~yru t v i ~iDn" wer e 1 0 be _qu ri _ I . J C d with l,5 ..t ,.0T; Pi ,,'"(. u - \ hne lriJ"le) l

The r a t n z e r j ~~'fr unis j Clq O J Ippe d 'Wi1 1 1 I he50mlo Pak which was '(J ed a L [0.ca] :1 '10 intsgain t fnrm~ lank. all' .s.To r01'ii lor 26!lgU, Itwint r ligb(n", b u, en D , ember 1I '1 a id - .~bru, '[ l'I' 19' ,._. ','~pla' .~menl' o r3iulm an d 51 0mm Pak '0 r t '_fNhoL 3 _O lVr ',- J' o ~,,~J. In..: l) ~"Io . - , I 11 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' l i i ' ch 21" II ( t , , 1 1 2~, -0rn ne '~."kl ,~ d,~ . I I ,ai ii . ' 11" I,u "1:,n urnb _r , d 271 r . : ~ .uns , Tbe'Ouu t Ps 'I ! ! I illll, .,lrt E"l'i 'I.RrIWWI!'1'i yil'1 h i _ . I I ' ! I ! l t, l 5 ' l l " . ,HILle l

'~tI,-,v,.~, ('~ttdUtI~',~.,.~,rl_,,~.~~~t.. r~~;'sd'Qtt"'n, i I :_fepa~iE. .. ... .- " litJ.tJJ4u.-ii.tll,_,.t/ * ' RI~~ i1h.B6-dlr,~~,.]

DU'~nEl~hQ..:r~lr'dgu "P1~Hitr - - - - i6 . Mmm,b3 Arb t ;~ t a i ! ! tu ILd0U~ 12,0'0

FO:rLiigu ng~~t"nl,e .:~'All\ WI!~'"k l l , .tilf!]'''$'~a . l , a I ,G ~ ,t.l o F f ' w e . . , t t , IW '. i ' " , . , rO R Ul'ii'iA.W:ttile IK i " " ' : ~ I rtJ -li!

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Frrlp la emem of ,e 75rrnrrl P ak 'lO in . the Carparhian ,,00 Lhi i lh; , ( 1 \ - I [ a y 30" Ul - i t ) . The br . chhloc : g[[n. cradle,rn ount and shield are eo:sv to see .


34/51

P , ' ! : O f left: Fran', view or th e new Pak,'~'idc:r and 11101 : e sharply raked t nee-part,hicld, ar ruorcd under .arriagc Id J widehard 'ubb "res on the '1 1 el . (P~,'C _ 1 ' 113k n cb 'U' ,v m 2'" -)~

A J l ov e : P an z e r] ager of a Fall s ch ir rn j agerdivi 10n have iUSt uncoupled the gun fromit s to \ 1 \ ' ] n.~ truck an, are purring it iuposition. ' V r b i I D t : : the gunner and loader pushon the shiel d, [he arnrnun ition ca 'riers ] ife(he mourn and one of them pushes 'hebarre] dO'~ln L O make the gun lighttf.

Left: A 7.)mnm Pak of Panzergrenadier'0 lvi , i o 1:1 I ( ;yossd,n 'I eh I lR1Ul ' n o rt h e as t 0fRiaJgo od early in ] 9 '13 .


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33

atvian VuhUllL ,~ r in tu ~V Hen - : with _ " m rn Pak 4Jw .~r ,:1 ahus III ~ sh H v 1 C W I , . it I: 9 . ,0 teters pr- r ~ h lng-~h II If th' hel] if .li at' II he h.~a\>'~cha g_"1 rd U ' \ _ Iuunk :h"U O ).{ '"


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wel - . rit iorn 75mn1 1 akU.L he gun is dug H1 rp l[1u:.barre I ,~]u] lhus hard Ilnf'f'-h~1:'drl ijuri to ofl.E"ringgrp ' 1 . . . I~ ln _,1 E " IJ oteci ion:

A ?5mm Pak 11 1 [iringposit" on, The .gI"OUp leadei{a. non -comm i s s ioncd of Ii c er ~is at the lcIt -, f Ie gu n. (h egunn 1 an d ~:u o visible)loader to the Iett and righ teIose lJehiu' thr sh i e l e l ~[; LU iuers : and 4 (I~igh) am d..1 (left) PIIsh I: h ~p;::n, riownto lirnir rh H :J .oi1.~:J .)


37/51

The [i.rm 0'(' Krupp, which also received acontract j,D 1 9 3 i Q I to deV'f ': ',Op a, 7 S ;mm . . P ak,utilized the ex..erience ' 0 . 1 the French Ar .my ,W . h . i. i C . h . was already us;in.g,g'uns wilh. conjca]barrels, The design 0'( the newgun ..paralleledthat 1 0 ' ( the 7'5mm..Pa k b ' U . i : l l , b'Y' the Rhein-metall-Borsig . A . G firm. Dint b 'Y irrtroducingth I ' i i i b 1 h. e (OD ...C,3.. -n3.rrowJIln,g'-gun . \ar re._ ,I~~eUlse0 : the 75m ..D1 Pak 41 moved "in differentdirections, The ba .r rl e I o f rhe Krupp Pak had a~ f 'l d I I ' J ( ' h ' L _ h. I' [-' . 3 : r a ' I Ia , i f . ' ! '; i ! : . i ' . . . . ' t ' I O , ' n :. 3 '" . : ~~ir It iD u ' l . " , i P i e , I " , I ..fl.e ., p ..... .L, ' ! - 1 ! 1 " "- ' " ' - . , " ~ .. _ 1I ,L. .I!, . I IL - , . _ ' " - . "- '_ . _ ,followed 'b i)" a . conical section that gave W 3. 'Y ' t J O1 3 , smooth parallel section at Iie'muzzle, 'T :hu,sIhe diameter of 'the shiell was compressedfrom 7 ,5 ... 0, ,5 :mm~1The 2.5kilogram antitankshell i.~.stungsten carbide' core weighing O l , gkg, thus attained ;2 1 muzzle 'vieicity of 126,0meter ..pe r second, w.h.i,c:h..penetrated 2 'O I5 ,:mm.of armer at 13 ran,g'le of 5,001meters,A . further difference from the 7 .5 ,mm.Pak .:0was the shielr ~ which was a, load .. arryingmember 0'( the cons.~rU,Cl.'io'n,~he barrel withI.hle'cradle 'was,moumed ,inIIaS Ia ball 'm ou nt. . .The ,S p',3I'S, 10,( t :h .e spreading moun t an,d'heaxles suspended b',.torsion bars, were aetachedd.ir'e'cliy 1. 0 the shield ..Thus [he G'unwas ver 'I,QW,IIand 'it w~ilg'hed oul" 1 ,390 kg, 'Th.l~ban 0'0the use of tungsten for ammunition ;r.,o,"d ,D tion meant the; end of 75m:m Pak ,':1,proclnclion, 0,1 w,~lich. on.:,y 150were made,'..0 _ng' th 75'mm Pa ..41 bl'. 013J.n.p0 1 Wre, was:n o lon ge r p o ss ib h ~.on. a. _IC 'D 'D nt of : i . 1 s wf::igh.'l~A.n order from. the A.:rm.y High Commared'in.clulded, lamon.g others, the Ii: e: ,ij., :e ,3vV 'Pak will 'be 'tow'@ld or pushed int,o, poaition by'motor vehicles,"h most importan! towing '"reh.i.clesi - 1 ' 1 0 1 -this ';.3 '. 'W, re th e 3~ton, halfreack, the IS'(aterpf lr made - - , , " e ' '(R,,;' ('0"-' short),and In :c "'.:.p'(ln,al (,_=0-5 ['~1 I lIe 1" 1500i u I~ I. .

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~t'l'" d r atcrp ilJ a J . ' 0..(It)p ~.l.sa 75n..In. Pak and" q . 1 1- ie it c """r ,( B l \ )

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; .... ,.~ l ',.. . ... ~ 1 ._ I The RSfl wa s sen r 'to thee..stern front :i great11 umbers in 11~J13. I 1 1 ; ' d J d ~J . 7 0I P j.5 liter ~~ey r ca - r - n . U r e L TrIrotor. weigh d .20D kg ~ ridh ad cllrange 0 ".OU ro d or150 c oss-cuun v k ilometers~\,,'~ a [II.J] 1 ~0 ~i 11 " I t a n k .


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.ven ~efore the l'\1rQ 7.~mm Pal wem intoservice ..l tv ~7~D1m Pak 97 1 38 had alres .dv hadits baptism 10; ( Iire, This gao v'as ~asi all! threrench 1.997field gun great rmmbers ofwh..ch had be l en captured in the wes t e r ncampaign. The barrel ofmis gun was simplyremoved and installed in the Irame o[ Ihre50mm Pak, To decrease t e heavy recojl, amuzzle brake 'was screwed cnto the. barrel,l'Vb.a L wih L h c shu rt barre 11cngt Ir, the 'Inuzzlevelocitv of die shell W' ~ 570 meters :persecond ..Thus at 500 meters orrlv 8fn10[ o r 75mmco ' Id be penet ated,In additio'n, thE crew hlo k, whih h.ad fObe operated b!fhand, proved [0be a problem;

. i U lc e ~~. harply l O ' ~ r e l C d th,e r a t e : of f ir e . .~"r 'hendamage 10 the .par Ie ul ted &om the wei ht( he bai r - I ana mun le b rake on th mount,the gun was .r,adual,l~ wi.tbclril.wn f:runl U~~on (] e ,'fO ., ,d turn d O~ er the Panzerj , a . ,rlu n it!i . 1 1 -0, cu pi red territori 'I'""c'igbing II gO kg, th i gun could al"0 b emoved by In artpnw f~nr, ,-hi h our towli - . s..nd 31 g teerable wheel , the spar endwere 1 1 - . vid " d ..

.,!1"3 r r r r -, InIa ftu~I~ 7 !-~n.-nn,P';:d( 9 7 .~8 in ]...thl' summ. Lrof 1944.

lu: gun tv-a ra[t'T]l d by _ r..uh~_-h rtbar t l\~i It ~mu zzlc brak , . hhough iw .-e sy to rn a, e o it w as T .H JI fJ h r~.J ar am: In , hePanLE '1 j lag r h~" i .LHS~~ '} f ir~ ' IO'h ' m~l l t" ut fh C'.


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The 7 . r J 1 T I , m Pak v i a s in service H. D til the lastday of If_1L~war. The picture 5.110'\\' 5, aPanzerjager uni t. driving tt l rough J Silesiantowi on FE bl-UaTV2 ' : 6 . . 1 9 4 .5 , _ T h r ere w isriding on the ,3-ton rowing tractor with allL h . e i m - gt~u.

Th e 75'mnl Pill ,41 m~d"" by Rheinm. nil] ..R n r~ig A ." IJ , h 1 3 , d it dif e re n ~ ,[..pf: u'" c o n .i c a Ibarrel. It , '\


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'The 1 8 ' : - " 8 ' - - ' " P ) A ' ' ' ."e Ilmm, ' > .\Jrer the Ktu.p:p -rirlll recei v e d a contract '10produce a,n .88mm anti-aircraft gun, it d " e -veloped an ,8Sm,mantisank gun shortly before\Vo;r1d W'8, r ]1 beg,aJi~ This gun, which we:p ,~in'lo production in m g l ~ " I ' became the bestantitank gun, inthe war.The modifications ~r'om, the previously

C 1 l I J S tomar ~i'S'Uns 'of th is l y pie iclu,ded, a sem i..automa ric vertjcal breech mecha nism. ..Opening the breech and ejfeting ~hf::carrridgewe'tf' done h" LWO s,p:ri.ng~ which were com ..pressed ,,\J}len the In,n recoiled ..T'his g'[lea'ilyshortened 'Ib!t recoil. The traverse aimjnggear cou IIi be ~IIm ed 260 degrees '.Th f cross1 1 1 .on 11 I w as ~ke (h 3 t, u f (he' 88,mm r,]air ~Firi ng.ht.~,lwas also possible wh,f ' ,n the g'un 'was 0:0.j is- w.heels" with firin,g done electricall ] I . " Sinc'f'the elevation W3., Iimited ro ,410,degrees, the 'upper' edge of the sfrield, ,at only I.73 meters,( :u u 1 !d - r i l l { " k,ep t v ery I ow '.,The \\l'If igh r n:(1 16 , 9 : 0 , k gin f i ri:rlg pIOS.~I: ~'n W ills also 1 0 \ , \ " . ,

O [ this gUll there 'wel."r two '"pes:'l.h,c8 8mm Pa k 43:: cal ier length 6" .35 m ere rs,eros s '01mm ~ i great range and ple'nf~farion,lim iled m,obil ity off t'h. road ~the ,8Smm Pak '3/ I: caliber ~rDglh 1 ( 1 . , 3 1 6 meters,spread InUullt" great range and penetration,high elevation, great weiG'll,t~, 'l.oca,v~r e onlv 56 ,degrees,

['0' t: h 'r ired a.11J i.l[ 3 J lIll.k sh elts, hard "",EOre s h , e I l sand explosive hells, The rate of fire lnr bo'lh.guns \\\\'3 1" 6 1 in ]0 l,ou.Dds pe - minute, pl.n-ift ratin of g,P to 19~)m 111.a r "1, Of , 1 1 I . a rangl~0 rm 00.0 meil:r,s. The , ,_ un s w e re u 'd'lr rh e al01,'P'ar:lze- j i 1: - :er un it ~

Th e supply o f 8 8 f. 1. rr m. Pa k in the Gel'manA,!"nlY as ,ofOctober l , I944 numbered 57'8 t onJan,uary t, 1945 82'9...The 7~ 5 and 8,8m,m Pakwere divided as fol,low'~ in ' the- last qu . ,2 I r leF . o f1944:~ oI t ,.11 ,. No\'. n.rc.

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Supplied 110 rhe 'fr\on~ :200Suppl] ed ~o Ersatz h eer 900Tu rn re d tover to aHies 1 1 6400 15;6480 150,40 50


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.If 0, . , ' I i P,I:I,i .,J 'iJ4 ': lI IU ~ . , ' U ALA1h" il' ~ Q J_ , \ ~) ' 5 " 0 1 kg~ ' S G I

G : ( ,0 Dltr , V o . _, ~r J I " " .t!lOlli" i , ! ! " . , " " ' L ' 1 I i I " d ' ,iI,I.Q!Z~II;I ler. a . u ng enG~'wich in Feucr s t e l lu n f;'G,cwic~~t , i n , ~~ahrstc.uun,gI t ~e l I t f i E : ld, a ,e lteS cb u Jl j miD. 1 & - A O ''G e sc h t i 't z te Le b em fid ~ule :r , r z ; in e a '90b r , e s " " " - : a d D Sc b ( l " _ I I', \ ,, __ , ", " _ _ ,._ d In i Rj f , ~ , r. 3 ;1!1~ ID II r e h s o h L ~ I 3 g ~~I .." ';I ... ,~,01 i II ii o , oJI i j , . , t ~;IIJ_ I I " J ' " I ,- " , . : , - ,_ . ~ "' ,' 1 11 11 ' , - :IllIIlli.l'&j1 " I I iJ ~. 'iii ' I.. 1 i " . . . . jl ~ J ~ l I I ' P ; l ill It _ l 1 P f i , , . 1~J'r; ! I i J f . J I i W ' _ ,,;I _ 11 "' 1 ', ~ J! ; ; , " I I , l i i I'P 'I,._' ..

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I'reis .fnt UIIlI re I~ldIt .-"~ti j Jl ~~1tgt&'Zi tit _ " r I J ~ ~ 1 t~ : ! l~IJlJlldt;ii I)fonatcFt"!'l"~L,gI m n J : ! ; , ! ' o I H !U'I'tlf"r! ; t:I" 5 f " l l e u ! I,)l.." .1!HI'.uc~~d. k l i lUr&J'WIi ' h I ] ht! ii a.~!'I IhC!!j, , ! i; I" '~" ,I," , "i i ii . .

- .R lg lu .The Ilt.ighty 88nun Pak froln the [ron c.TIu! gun's''t\ heels were those of rh e ~1ea 'Vy Held Iinwitzer. VVh ; ; : l twuh the ~hor [ sU.ppl '~l0 F J11a er i I,~I,here were I "V 0versicns of rhe run ning geru~;one with pneuma tic tiresand one with pressed steel spoked wheels with hard~u bbrr ti res.


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[.. ~ rtt'~~l1 j L itt. L c . ' 1 11 J, P- w _.. r f m m 'p'~k - 4 tt Ih T, were modi f i r ~ 1the s,hi :1 ' was lVU rnerert ~


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Caliber In mmarre] length i.n mmBarrel length in l[a1.i'ln~rElevat iOil ran .',e in degreesTrav erse fa n ge in d ie g.re-~lVeih IIn :kg (ready 10' fire)Type 0 '1 mountLen,glh. in m..mWidtn :ill mmHeight in mm.nrita,n ,'. shell wl~'igh't ,~n.kg

'J' uzele velo cit , in ,m/seEIIa:rd.-cO[f shell we'i,e h.1 [n kg

Mitzz e v f ,l o \C ' i' lY in . mzsee:Exp],osi'Yl~ ,shell wEight i,11 '.,1M'Uz:rJe tt~,o=ity : i . .n ml ;.,I:\~m,o:rpenet ra lioll. rnm at m.e l , e r s

8863507 ~,..8 +403,603 ,600Cross9200

88163607l~ +38,5643501S~"read1~ -91,.f:42 ' 5 : 2 7 '19~n)0",2),000. . . , '~'"..a112519~4;"" '1 r : : : 1 f i J1,,3U

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Left:TI~t appearance of both guns, above theSS'm,nt Pak 4, 3 L F 7 ' 1. belo '\ \ i ' he 881nrn Pa k41 !3. 71 .


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,e n rmal ll\v-ing"\' -lricle.fu.r Lh t" '111 n Pak ,\,~S I h (_ l g-[-U1 n,~nna tra C[O~ ~set. Kl'l~~ .10). _ bn, e: I," p'ic~ n o ' ~Tnl ]'\Vlt"sllern - rm n~ in th wint r of 144-L J.Below: a pi lure frornI _u [lg~ar ( . J . .lUa] - il l 2 . t [~)


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}\bove: Thi ....88nun Pak wasdisplayed at a weapons showin the northern sector or theeas tern front in 1944.(B)

:H "TO,'R', O. THE P.ANlERJAG ,RTh ..- .errna I arrrirarik troops l-'~rm LO war _the beginllimng of \ V o : r l d " . at II '1Vi~h C iOanLitank and one annil3J . Iia'tin'lin.g unitsplus the ,a:nti'13.nk cumpan ie s 0'[ vari.ousr -,iJm,'-nll,. Dur in, the war [hie uumb ' I ' " 1 0 .

i I 'units, n O'\-~ (;~n'fdPa nz r j ag@r, "dthin the'di. iJnn inrr ..~,d to 407, ;on: l ud 'i ! !g _ighttha , had no numbe hut bo e the ,d].vis,ion-'0,.. ]-1' (Ior ~'X mp h IG'R,Q ~D - 'i~l-, ,UBK '.D' _ . . !' I '_ l! ! .... ','

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eL.), There wer e 3.1.,0 Indep nd. l nil arrnvPan,lerj,3ger units wit ,- numb rs ahov .')00.."he -,igh ' lnumber of ,3 unit was 21]3..Theunits, that as - 'aull gun co' l11panies gairu:~d1'.1of'9'43..44, er gi~'0nurn :er ov 'f ] 0 , 0 . . ,Th,E rOUowi l lg P,an 're jagrf~rl1D" ' tS ,consist. d

I.' r r 0I. i fl' 0 d iers, III I .0-;-n t in; thewall 11 - - ."S;

I eft: Bre chblo k \ i~haim ling crank and targetingre1~ ' . Ipe. ]0, ver g11n ',t. tile~s.pars ax le and '''V heels.

Pz..1 , ,.Abu. IE .ern 1 ' J ! Il:plfSCauc ~ ian,Tur:-:nlen)C paniards)(Cro s)(Cronts)

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1 5 , 9 9 1 ~l600~II,50 (Rn~ ia,n' )

...ar rh ..:ndl the war fe I e _ - ~ ' e r , e '10P'anletjl':~'rer fiI!imeut - as ,v~ll. 31 units andb- ien le, ; ; ae r l\ -e Uuallv :rmetl \~ilhass ,uh un~, or asau I~ ranks,

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