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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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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.
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The '''37 mm SA38 L/33''' is a French tank cannon.
  
 
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The cannon is effective at close quarters combat, however suffers at range. It has decent velocity, accuracy and has a relatively fast reload.
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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.
  
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=== Available ammunition ===
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:50, 22 January 2023

Description

The 37 mm SA38 L/33 is a French tank cannon.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

It is a variant of the 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 ammunition

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.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
Mle1938 APC 54 50 36 24 16 11
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
Mle1938 APC 705 0.7 - - - 48° 63° 71°

Comparison with analogues

Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.

Usage in battles

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

Pros:

  • Short reload time

Cons:

  • Poor ranged performance
  • Single ammo choice

History

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: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.

Media

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.

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

  • topic on the official game forum;
  • other literature.


France tank cannons
20 mm  20F2
25 mm  SA35 L/72
37 mm  SA18 L/21 · SA38 L/33
47 mm  SA34 L/30 · SA35 L/32 · SA37
75 mm  APX · APX Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 · SA35 L/17 · SA44 · SA49 · SA50 L/57
90 mm  D.911 APX · CN90 F2 · CN90 F3 · CN90 F4 · D915 · DEFA F1 · SA45 · SA47
100 mm  SA47 L/58
105 mm  CN-105-F1 · Giat 105 G2 · Modele F2 · PzK M57
120 mm  GIAT CN120-25 G1 · GIAT CN120-26 F1 · SA46
142 mm  ACRA
155 mm  GCT F1 · Schneider 155 C · L'Obusier de 155 Modèle 1950
  Foreign:
15 mm  MG 151 (Germany)
20 mm  MG 151 (Germany)
30 mm  Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 (USA)
37 mm  M6 (USA)
40 mm  Bofors L/60 · QF 2-pounder (Britain)
75 mm  KwK42 (Germany) · M3 (USA) · M6 (USA)
76 mm  M7 (USA)
90 mm  M3 (USA)
105 mm  M4 (USA)

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