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Weapon Details
37mm Antitank Gun M3 (Anti Tank Gun)
History
Used against the Japanese in the Phillipines in 1941, and proved effective, however when used in the North Africa Campaign the shells bounced off the German medium tanks. This gun was also used in a number of American Tanks.
Manufacturer
Watervliet Arsenal,
Manufactured
1940 - 1944
Calibre
37mm
Rate of Fire
25 rpm
AP M74 Shot(AP)
37mm 0.86Kg 885M/Sec
Quoted Penetration 36mm @ 500mtr/0° ( ≈ 36mm/0°)
Range(Mtr)
100
200
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
Flight Time(Secs)
0.12
0.24
0.51
1.15
2.01
3.19
4.93
7.73
Penetration(mm@30°)
61
55
48
38
30
22
16
10
Penetration(mm@0°)
71
64
56
45
35
26
19
12
Hit Probability(%)
98
98
98
96
64
25
8
2
HE M63 Shell(HE)
37mm 0.73Kg 792M/Sec
0.039Kg explosive
Maximum Range 3000 Mtr
Range(Mtr)
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Flight Time(Secs)
1.73
5.51
20.09
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill
0 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill
1 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill
3 mtr
Armour Penetration inc roof at 1 mtr
0 mm
An explosion within 1 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 3 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties.
The blast effect of this shell exploding within 1 mtr of an armoured vehicle will not cause any significant armour damage.
Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.
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.