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Weapon Details
4.5in Gun M1
Manufactured
1941 - unknown
Calibre
114mm
Length
L/43
AP(AP)
114mm 24.9Kg 690M/Sec
Range(Mtr)
100
200
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
Flight Time(Secs)
0.15
0.3
0.6
1.25
1.94
2.7
3.52
4.41
Penetration(mm@30°)
194
181
168
152
136
122
107
94
Penetration(mm@0°)
225
210
194
176
158
141
124
109
Hit Probability(%)
98
98
98
93
69
41
22
15
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.
