7,5 cm Kw.K.42 L/70 and 7,5 cm Pak 42 L/70



Price in Reichmark

12,000 (as Pak)

Performance

Penetration table
Grenade Grenade type Weight of grenade Muzzle velocity Range
100 m. 500 m. 1,000 m. 1,500 m. 2,000 m.
Pzgr.39/42 APCBC 6.8 kg. 935 m./s. 138 mm. 124 mm. 111 mm. 99 mm. 89 mm.
Pzgr.40/42 APCR 4.75 kg. 1,120 m./s. 194 mm. 174 mm. 149 mm. 127 mm. 106 mm.
Accuracy table
Grenade Range
500 m. 1,000 m. 1,500 m. 2,000 m. 2,500 m. 3,000 m.
Pzgr.39/42 Training 100 % 100 % 100 % 92 % 73 % 55 %
Action 100 % 97 % 72 % 49 % 29 % 18 %
Pzgr.40/42 Training 100 % 94 % 76 % 56 % - -
Action 100 % 56 % 32 % 20 % - -
Spgr.42 Training 100 % 100 % 90 % 66 % 42 % 28 %
Action 100 % 97 % 44 % 24 % 13 % 13 %

Sources

  1. JENTZ, Thomas L. & DOYLE, Hilary Louis. GERMANY'S PANTHER TANK - THE QUEST FOR COMBAT SUPREMACY. Atglen (PA) : Schiffer Military History, 1995.
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  2. HAHN, Fritz. Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1943 Band 1. Koblenz : Bernard & Graefe Verlag, 1987.

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