SA38 L/33 (37 mm)

Description

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.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• H.39
• H.39 "Cambronne"
• R.35 (SA38)

General info

The cannon is effective at close quarters combat, however suffers at range. It has decent velocity, accuracy and has a relatively fast reload.

Available 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.

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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.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Still a good reload speed
• Decent penetration and damage

Cons:

• Poor ranged performance
• Single ammo choice

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See also

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