37/42M (40 mm)
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Description
The 40 mm 37/42M is a Hungarian anti-tank gun.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
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Available ammunition
| 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 | ||
| 36M | APHEBC | 62 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 34 | 28 |
| 39M | HE | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 43M | APBC | 72 | 69 | 60 | 50 | 42 | 35 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | |||||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||||
| 36M | APHEBC | 800 | 0.97 | 1.2 | 9 | 17 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| 39M | HE | 800 | 0.97 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 63 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
| 43M | APBC | 800 | 1.05 | - | - | - | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
The gun has short reload time. Therefore it's good in close combat, especially on urban maps like Poland, Eastern Europe or Sweden. Though the gun can be used for long-range combat, the penetration drop off over range means that armour-piercing power of the 40 mm shells would be significantly reduced at around 500 metres, where it loses around 12 mm of penetration.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Short reload
- Good penetration
- Great in close combat
Cons:
- Not useful in long-range attacks due to drop-off in penetration at ranges
History
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See also
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