Details of guns produced in 1939

This page showing the details of World War II guns which were produced in 1939 including shells used and armour penetration(where known)

Please click on a country flag for full gun details 7.92mm fucile controcarro 35(P) 7.92mm APBALL S.m.K.H tungsten cored 0.013Kg 910M/Sec [13mm@100m/30°] 7.92mm PzB 39 7.92mm APC S.m.K.H Patronen tungsten cored 0.015Kg 1210M/Sec [25mm@300mtr] 7.92mm PzB 770(i) 7.92mm APBALL S.m.K.H tungsten cored 0.013Kg 910M/Sec [13mm@100m/30°] 7.92mm PzB 770(p) 7.92mm AP 7.92×107mm DS 0.06Kg 1275M/Sec [] BESA Machine Gun 7.92mm 7.92mm L/93 BALL Cartridge SA, 7.92 0.012Kg 785M/Sec [] APBALL Cartridge SA, 7.92 0.011Kg 785M/Sec [] ZB vz.53 or MG-37(t) 7.92mm L/93 BALL S.m.K 0.012Kg 785M/Sec [8mm@100m/30°] APBALL S.m.K.H tungsten cored 0.013Kg 910M/Sec [13mm@100m/30°] Anti-Tank Gun, 25 mm Hotchkiss 25mm L/72 AP Hotchkiss 25mm 0.32Kg 950M/Sec [] Cannone contracarro da 47/32 M39 L/32 47mm L/32 HEAT Bohler HEAT 2.37Kg 250M/Sec [] HE Bohler HE 2.37Kg 250M/Sec [] AP 47 x 195/227 mm R L/32 1.6Kg 630M/Sec [58mm@30degrees100m] Cannone contracarro da 47/39 M39 47mm AP AP 1.45Kg 670M/Sec [43mm@500m] 5.0cm Pak 38 L/60 50mm L/60 AP 5.0cm PzGr. 39 L/60 2.06Kg 840M/Sec [] AP40 5.0cm PzGr. 40 L/60 0.98Kg 1198M/Sec [] HEAT 5cm Stielgranate 42 8.2Kg 110M/Sec [180mm up to 300mtr] HE 5cm Sprgr Patr 1.78Kg 550M/Sec [] 76.2mm Divisional Gun USV 76.20mm L/42 AP AP 6.1Kg 670M/Sec [] 85 mm ZiS-S-53 M1939 L/55 85mm L/55 AP 85mm/L52 (D-5T) 9.2Kg 792M/Sec [] APCR 85mm/L52 (D-5T) 5.3Kg 1050M/Sec [] HE 85mm/L52 (D-5T) HE 9.54Kg 793M/Sec [] 85mm Gun M1939 L/55 AA 85mm L/55 HE HE 9.2Kg 800M/Sec [] 105mm Howitzer M2A1 105mm L/22 AP AP 14.9Kg 472M/Sec [] HE M1 Shell 19.08Kg 472M/Sec [] SMOKE HC BE M84 Shell 19.02Kg 0M/Sec [] 122mm Howitzer M1938 M30 L/23 122mm L/23 HE 122mm HE 21.7Kg 500M/Sec []

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.

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