KwK40 L48 (75 mm)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

L/43

• Pz.IV F2
• Pz.IV G

L/48

• ▀KW I C 756 (r)
• Pz.IV H
• Pz.IV J
• Pz.Bef.Wg.IV J

General info

The KwK 40 was a tank version of PaK 40 cannon.

Available shells

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Comparison with analogues

M1 (76 mm)

Usage in battles

This cannon is a jack-of-all-trades due to its very high accuracy and a low drop with good penetration over the different ranges it can be fired.

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Medium-high velocity
• High penetration

Cons:

• Slow reload, plan your shots and retreat if necessary beforehand

History

The Kwk 40 was devloped as the intelegence repports from the ussr showed that they were devloping tanks that were too heavy for the PaK 38 (50 mm) to penetrate.

From 1942 onwards the gun was the standard mount for the Panzer IV. The kwk was mechanicly difrent from the pak 42 in that it had an electric firing mechanism.

Media

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See also

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• The carriage mounted anti tank version PaK 40/3 (75 mm)
• references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

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• topic on the official game forum;
• encyclopedia page on weapon;
• other literature.