M5 (37 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• M2A4
• M2A4 (1st Arm.Div.)
• M3 Stuart
• M3 Lee
• Grant I
• Grant I (Great Britain)

General info

Penetration Chart M5 (37 mm)

Available shells

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of  warhead	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10m	100m	500m	1000m	1500m	2000m
M74 shot	AP	66	65	55	46	38	31
M51 shot	APC	66	65	55	46	38	31
M74B1	AP	90	89	69	50	37	27
M51B1/B2	APC	79	78	69	59	51	43

Shell details
Ammunition	Velocity  in m/s	Projectile Mass in kg	Fuse delay in m:	Fuse sensitivity in mm:	Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent):	Normalization At 30°  from horizontal:	Ricochet:
							0%	50%	100%
M74 shot	792	0.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1°	47°	60°	65°
M51 shot	792	0.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	+4°	48°	63°	71°
M74B1	883	0.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	-1°	47°	60°	65°
M51B1/B2	883	0.87	N/A	N/A	N/A	+4°	48°	63°	71°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in the battles

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Pros and cons

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Historical part

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Media

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Read also

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Sources

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USA tank cannons
20 mm	M139
25 mm	LW25 · M242
37 mm	M3 · M5 · M6
57 mm	M1
75 mm	M2 · M2 Howitzer · M3 · M6 · M1897A4 · XM274
76 mm	M1 · M7 · M32 · T185E1
90 mm	M3 · M3A1 · M36 · M41 · M54 · T15E1 · T15E2 · T54 · T208E9
105 mm	M4 · M68 · M68A1 · M68A1E8 · T5E1 · T5E2 · T140E2 · T140E3 · XM35
106 mm	M40A1C
120 mm	M58 · M256 · T53
152 mm	M81 · M162 · XM150E5
155 mm	M185 · T7
165 mm	M135
	Foreign:
20 mm	Rh202 (Germany)
57 mm	6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · ZIS-2 (USSR)
105 mm	Sharir (Israel)
120 mm	IMI MG251 (Israel)