Details of guns produced in 1940

This page showing the details of World War II guns which were produced in 1940 including shells used and armour penetration(where known)

Please click on a country flag for full gun details 1.5cm MG 151 15mm AP Pz Spreg 0.115Kg 705M/Sec [] BESA Machine Gun 15mm 15mm L/80 APBALL Cartridge S.A. Ball 15mm Mark Iz 0.07Kg 883M/Sec [] 2.0cm Flak 38 L/112.5 20mm L/112.50 AP 2.0cm PzGr 39 0.12Kg 899M/Sec [23mm@100m/30°] APCR 2.0cm PzGr 40 0.115Kg 1060M/Sec [40mm@100m/0°] HE 2 cm Sprgr. 39 0.132Kg 995M/Sec [] 2.0cm Kwk 38 L/55 20mm L/55 AP 2.0cm PzGr 39 0.12Kg 899M/Sec [23mm@100m/30°] APCR 2.0cm PzGr 40 0.115Kg 1060M/Sec [40mm@100m/0°] HE 2 cm Sprgr. 39 0.132Kg 995M/Sec [] Oerlikon 20mm L/70 20mm L/70 HE 20x101RB 0.13Kg 750M/Sec [] Oerlikon 20mm L/85 20mm L/85 HE 20x110RB 0.123Kg 830M/Sec [] Type99-1 20mm L/70 HE 20x101RB 0.13Kg 750M/Sec [] Type99-2 20mm L/85 HE 20x110RB 0.123Kg 830M/Sec [] 37mm Antitank Gun M3 37mm AP AP M74 Shot 0.86Kg 885M/Sec [25mm@915m] HE HE M63 Shell 0.73Kg 792M/Sec [] 5.0cm Flak 41 L/68 50mm L/68 HE 5cm Sprgr Patr 41 2.2Kg 840M/Sec [] AP 5.0cm PzGr Patr 42 2.34Kg 830M/Sec [59mm@500m/30°] 7.5cm KwK 39/40 L/43 75mm L/43 AP 7.5cm Pzgr 39 L/43 6.8Kg 740M/Sec [91mm@500m/30°] AP40 7.5cm Pzgr 40 4.1Kg 920M/Sec [108mm@500m/30°] HE 7.5cm Sprgr 34 5.8Kg 548M/Sec [] 7.5cm Pak 41 75mm L/57 AP40 7.5cm Pzgr 41 2.59Kg 1125M/Sec [] 7.5cm Pak 97/38 L/36.3 75mm L/36.30 HE 7.5cm Sprgr Patr 230/1(f) 5.44Kg 545M/Sec [60mm@900m] AP 7.5cm K Gr Pz Patr (p) 6.84Kg 570M/Sec [60mm@900m] 75mm Gun M2A2 75mm L/40 AP AP 6.7Kg 662M/Sec [] Ordnance Q.F. 25pdr Mk 2 87mm L/27 AP 25pdr AP 11.3Kg 518M/Sec [] AP 25pdr Supercharge 11.3Kg 564M/Sec [] HE 25pdr HE 11.5Kg 532M/Sec [] 90mm Gun M1 on Antiaircraft mount M1 90mm AP AP 10.6Kg 823M/Sec [] 10.5cm leFH18M 105mm L/24 AP AP 14.2Kg 540M/Sec [] 107mm Gun M1940 (M60) 107mm L/44 APCBC B-420 16.7Kg 655M/Sec [] HE OF-420U 17.4Kg 670M/Sec [] 4.5in Gun Mk II 114mm L/41 HE Shell HE S/L 4.5in Mk ID 24.9Kg 685M/Sec [] 15cm K39 150mm L/53 AP AP 43Kg 865M/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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