Details of guns produced/used in Czechoslovakia between 1930-1945

Showing the details of the shells used and armour penetration(where known)

Please click on a country flag for full gun details ZB vz.53 or MG-37(t) 7.92mm L/93 BALL S.m.K 0.012Kg 785M/Sec [8mm@100m/30°] Range Metres 100               Penetration mm@0° 6               APBALL S.m.K.H tungsten cored 0.013Kg 910M/Sec [13mm@100m/30°] Range Metres 100 200 400           Penetration mm@0° 18 13 7           Skoda 37mm P.U.V. vz34 L/39 37mm L/39 AP 37mm Armour Piercing 0.66Kg 762M/Sec Range Metres 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Penetration mm@0° 47 42 37 29 23 17 12 8 AP40 37mm Tungsten Cored 0.37Kg 1020M/Sec Range Metres 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Penetration mm@0° 70 63 54 41 29 19 11 4 Skoda 37mm P.U.V. vz37 L/47.8 37mm L/47.80 APCR 3.7cm PzGr40 0.37Kg 1020M/Sec [64mm@100m/30deg] Range Metres 100 200 400 800 1200 1600     Penetration mm@0° 127 112 93 64 39 17     Skoda 37mm P.U.V. vz38 L/39 37mm L/39 AP 37mm Armour Piercing 0.66Kg 762M/Sec Range Metres 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Penetration mm@0° 47 42 37 29 23 17 12 8 AP40 37mm Tungsten Cored 0.37Kg 1020M/Sec Range Metres 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Penetration mm@0° 70 63 54 41 29 19 11 4 Skoda 47mm P.U.V. vz36 L/43.4 47mm L/43.40 AP 47mm Armour Piercng 1.65Kg 775M/Sec [51mm@700m] Range Metres 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Penetration mm@0° 81 74 65 55 45 36 28 21

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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