The Breech Loading Rifled 40 Pounder 35 cwt (hundredweight) gun was used in Canada for mobile and coast defence roles. Introduced in 1859 as a naval gun, the BLR 40 Pounder was also known as the 40 Pounder Armstrong gun because of the Armstrong screw breech mechanism. Originally manufactured with a 32 cwt barrel, an […]
The 45mm M1937 became the standard Soviet anti-tank gun at the start of World War II. The M1937 Anti-Tank Gun was a copied and improved version of the German 3.7 cm Panzerabwerkanone. The Soviets adopted the 45mm because they felt that 37mm guns had insufficient armour penetration. By 1943, the M1937 fired ammunition that could
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The 5.5 Inch Howitzer MK III entered service with the Royal Canadian Artillery in 1941. During World War II, Canada equipped half of the Medium Regiments with the 5.5 Inch Howitzer and the other half with the 4.5 Inch Howitzer. A Medium Regiment was at full strength with 16 guns. During World War II, the
The 5cm Panzerabwerkanone was a German anti-tank gun developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG to succeed the 37mm PAK 36. The weapon first saw use in April 1941 during Operation Barbarossa. The Luftwaffe also used it as an anti-aircraft gun. The PAK 38 was highly effective against Soviet tanks, capable of penetrating an 86mm armour
The BL 6 inch 26 cwt (hundredweight) Howitzer was introduced in 1915 to replace obsolete medium howitzers in the British Army during the First World War. This gun was the first to use the ‘Asbury’ breech mechanism that required only a single motion to open the breech, significantly increasing the rate of fire. By the
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