The 6 Pounder Quick Firing Anti-Tank (6 Pdr Atk) Gun replaced the 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun in Canadian service in 1942. It was used in action by Canadian Anti-Tank Regiments and Infantry Battalion Anti-Tank Platoons in all theatres until 1945. It remained in Canadian service until 1957. Ammunition improvements saw armour penetration rise from 74mm […]
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The 60 Pounder Breech Loading Gun (60 Pdr BL) was used for mobile coast defence in Canada and counter-bombardment on the Western Front 1914-1918. The 60 Pdr BL was in Canadian service 1905-1942, replacing the 4.7″ Quick Firing Gun of Boer War vintage in the Heavy Batteries of the Canadian Garrison Artillery. The term “Breech
The 7.5cm Panzerabwerkanone (anti-tank gun) model 1940 (PAK 40) was the main German Army anti-tank gun from late 1941 until the end of World War II. Towed and self-propelled variants were produced. The gun was sometimes issued as a field gun due to shortages of howitzers. With a tungsten projectile, it was capable of penetrating
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The 7.7cm Feldkanone 96 (field canon model 1896) (FK96) was the standard German field gun during World War I. Introduced with no recoil system, the guns were made obsolete when France produced the first modern artillery piece with its 75mm gun in 1897. The Boers used the FK96 against the British during the South African
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The 75mm Model 1917 (US) was an American variant of the British 18 Pounder. It used a smaller 75mm bore which accepted standardized French 75mm ammunition. When the United States entered World War I, it needed more equipment, and there was no time to build new weaponry. The US used Allied weapons, with the French
