![]() Low-velocity guns can use indirect fire to shoot over hills, trees and buildings, placing the shell right where they want it (using a remote spotter with a radio) without exposing the tank to direct enemy fire, just like mobile artillery. Low velocity howitzers are better for fire support than high-velocity guns of the same caliber. ![]() The 75mm L/24, which they originally intended to replace with the 105mm L/28 in later tanks before Barbarossa. Before that, the Germans were more interested in low-velocity tank guns for fire support. I was merely setting out historical background.īut I do think that the Germans would not see an urgent need for a high-velocity 75mm gun until they encountered heavily-armoured enemy tanks like the Matilda II and Char B1 bis. If this is the only German main battle tank (no Panzer III) then the Panzer IV main gun must also deal with enemy armor. The 7.5cm requirement is based on the need for infantry support which was established during WWI. Not sure why people keep suggesting Germany must encounter the KV1 before developing a 7.5cm tank main gun. Instead Krupp is ordered to develop the 7.5cm weapon as a main gun for the Panzer IV. In this scenerio there is no Panzer Mk III. Development of this gun didn't start until 1939 However with the upgrading to the long 7.5cm it became the main battle tank of the Panzer Divisions.KwK 40 was developed from the PaK 40 anti-tank gun. Until 1942 armed with a short 7.5cm KwK L/24, it was used primarily in an infantry support role. ![]() This book details all of the variants of the Panzerkampfwagen IV with the long guns 7.5cm KwK 40 L/43 and L/48. Despite the introduction of the Panther and Tiger tanks, the PzKpfw IV remained the backbone of the German armoured units until the end of the war. The Panzerkampfwagen IV was one of the most numerous and successful German tanks of World War II. L'iconografia comprende foto dei mezzi in azione e di dettagli le stupende tavole a colori e i disegni al tratto sono di grande aiuto per i modellisti. Il testo, scritto dai massimi esperti della materia è essenziale ma esauriente. Ogni volume fornisce la storia completa dello sviluppo, del design e dell'impiego operativo di un famoso mezzo corazzato o pezzo d'artiglieria. Serie molto apprezzata dai modellisti e appassionati di mezzi corazzati. ![]()
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