SA38 L/33 (37 mm) - Revision history

U44629479: /* Available ammunition */ Added ammunition table

2023-01-22T20:50:30Z

‎Available ammunition: Added ammunition table

U44629479: Edits

2022-08-14T13:18:23Z

Edits

U28580205 at 21:31, 29 December 2021

2021-12-29T21:31:24Z

U28580205 at 21:30, 29 December 2021

2021-12-29T21:30:30Z

U83607458: Added info

2021-12-29T05:15:58Z

Added info

U83607458: /* Description */

2021-12-29T05:02:30Z

‎Description

U38088265: /* Vehicles equipped with this weapon */ Populated list

2019-03-18T15:46:30Z

‎Vehicles equipped with this weapon: Populated list

U64962917: Created page.

2019-01-18T02:38:54Z

Created page.

New page

== Description ==
''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell about the history of the development and combat using of the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''

=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

== General info ==
''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''

=== Available shells ===
''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, so write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''

=== Comparison with analogues ===
''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''

== Usage in the battles ==
''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''

=== Pros and cons ===
''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''

'''Pros:'''
*

'''Cons:'''
*

== Historical part ==
''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be a big one, take it into a separate article and add a link to it by using the "main" template. In the end be sure to include references to sources.''

== Media ==
''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''

== Read also ==
''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example,''
* ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
''ETC.''

== Sources ==
''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
* ''topic on the official game forum''
* ''page on the Wikipedia''
* ''page on aircraft or ground forces encyclopedia''
* ''other literature''

{{France tank cannons}}

[[Category:Tank cannons]]

@@ Line 16: / Line 16: @@
 === Available ammunition ===
 <!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
-The only shell this cannon can fire is the 37 mm Mle1938, an APC shell capable of penetrating 54 mm of armour at point blank range. The shell is effective at close quarters combat, but suffers at range.
+The only shell this cannon can fire is the 37 mm '''Mle1938 APC'''. The shell is effective in close quarters combat, but suffers at range.
 === Comparison with analogues ===

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Description ==
-<!--''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''-->
+<!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
-The '''37 mm SA38 L/33''' is a variant of the [[SA18 L/21 (37 mm)|SA18 L/21 cannon]]. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from its predecessor. It does however sacrifice the reload speed, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.
+The '''37 mm SA38 L/33''' is a French tank cannon.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
@@ Line 11: / Line 11: @@
 == General info ==
-<!--''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''-->
+<!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.'' -->
-The cannon is effective at close quarters combat, however suffers at range. It has decent velocity, accuracy and has a relatively fast reload.
+It is a variant of the [[SA18 L/21 (37 mm)|SA18 L/21 cannon]]. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from its predecessor. It does however sacrifice the reload speed, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.
-=== Available shells ===
+=== Available ammunition ===
-<!--''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''-->
+<!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
-The only shell this cannon can fire is the 37 mm Mle1938, an APC shell capable of penetrating 54 mm of armor at point blank range. The shell is effective at close quarters combat, but suffers at range.
+The only shell this cannon can fire is the 37 mm Mle1938, an APC shell capable of penetrating 54 mm of armour at point blank range. The shell is effective at close quarters combat, but suffers at range.
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''
+''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
 == Usage in battles ==
-<!--''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''-->
+<!-- ''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.'' -->
-This cannon is best used in close quarter combat against light tanks. It can engage medium tanks frontally, but only at close range. It is recommended that you only engage lightly armored tanks at range.
+The cannon is effective at close quarters combat, however suffers at range. It has decent velocity, accuracy and has a relatively fast reload. This cannon is best used in close quarter combat against light tanks. It can engage medium tanks frontally, but only at close range. It is recommended that you only engage lightly-armoured tanks at range.
 === Pros and cons ===
-<!--''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''-->
+<!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.'' -->
 '''Pros:'''
-* Still a good reload speed
+* Short reload time
 '''Cons:'''
@@ Line 37: / Line 36: @@
 * Poor ranged performance
 * Single ammo choice
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''
+''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.''
 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
@@ Line 53: / Line 50: @@
 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''other literature.''

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Description ==
 <!--''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''-->
-The '''37 mm SA38 L/33''' is a variant of the SA38 L/21 cannon. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from its predecessor. It does however sacrifice the reload speed, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.
+The '''37 mm SA38 L/33''' is a variant of the [[SA18 L/21 (37 mm)|SA18 L/21 cannon]]. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from its predecessor. It does however sacrifice the reload speed, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Description ==
-''The SA38 L/33 is a variant of the SA38 L/21 cannon. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from it's predecessor.'' It does however sacrifice the reload, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.
+<!--''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''-->
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
@@ Line 10: / Line 11: @@
 == General info ==
-The cannon is effective at close quarters combat however suffers at range. It has decent velocity and accuracy, and has a relatively fast reload.
+<!--''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''-->
 === Available shells ===
-The only shell this cannon can fire is the 37mm Mle1938, an APC shell capable of penetrating 54mm of armor at point blank range. The shell is effective at close quarters combat but suffers at range.
+<!--''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''-->
 === Comparison with analogues ===
@@ Line 19: / Line 22: @@
 == Usage in battles ==
-''This cannon is best used in close quarter combat against light tanks. It can engage medium tanks frontally but only at close range. It is recommended that you only engage lightly armored tanks at range.''
+<!--''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''-->
 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+<!--''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''-->
 '''Pros:'''
-Good Reload
+* Still a good reload speed
+* Decent penetration and damage
 '''Cons:'''
-Poor Ranged Performance
+* Poor ranged performance
+* Single ammo choice
 == History ==

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''
+''The SA38 L/33 is a variant of the SA38 L/21 cannon. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from it's predecessor.'' It does however sacrifice the reload, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 * {{Specs-Link|fr_hotchkiss_h39}}
 * {{Specs-Link|fr_hotchkiss_h39_cambronne}}
@@ Line 24: / Line 25: @@
 '''Pros:'''
+*
 '''Cons:'''
+*
@@ Line 37: / Line 40: @@
 == See also ==
 ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
 * ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
@@ Line 42: / Line 46: @@
 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
 * ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''