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107mm Gun M1940 (M60)
(Field Gun)
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Manufactured1940 - 1941
Calibre107mm
LengthL/44
Rate of Fire7 rpm

B-420
(APCBC Armor Piercing Capped Ballistic Cap)
107mm 16.7Kg 655M/Sec
Quoted Penetration 90mm @ 500mtr/30° ( ? 103mm/0?)
Range(Mtr)1002004008001200160020002400
Flight Time(Secs) 0.15 0.31 0.63 1.3 2.02 2.78 3.57 4.41
Penetration(mm@30°) 93 90 86 78 71 64 58 53
Penetration(mm@0°) 108 105 100 91 82 75 68 61
Hit Probability(%) 98 98 95 88 55 37 15 8

OF-420U
(HE High Explosive)
107mm 17.4Kg 670M/Sec 201.000Kg explosive
Maximum Range 17450 Mtr
Range(Mtr)100020003000400050006000800010000
Flight Time(Secs) 1.6 3.4 5.41 7.6 9.98 12.51 18.01 23.95
lateral dispersion means the side to side variation of the shell from the aiming point
50%(CEP) of shells land within +/- (mtr) 0.27 0.53 0.80 1.07 1.33 1.60 2.13 2.67
80% of shells land within +/- (mtr) 0.35 0.68 1.02 1.37 1.70 2.05 2.73 3.42
95% of shells land within +/- (mtr) 0.53 1.04 1.57 2.10 2.61 3.14 4.17 5.23
range dispersion means the back to front variation of the shell from the aiming point
50%(CEP) of shells land within +/- (mtr) 0.33 0.67 1.00 1.33 1.67 2.00 2.67 3.33
80% of shells land within +/- (mtr) 0.42 0.86 1.28 1.70 2.14 2.56 3.42 4.26
95% of shells land within +/- (mtr) 0.65 1.31 1.96 2.61 3.27 3.92 5.23 6.53
Direct Fire
Range(Mtr)1002004008001200160020002400
Flight Time(Secs) 0.15 0.3 0.62 1.28 1.99 2.74 3.54 4.37
Hit Probability(%) 98 98 95 88 68 37 15 8
Blast/Fragmentation Effects
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill12 mtr Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill25 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill64 mtr  Armour Penetration inc roof at 14 mtr603 mm
An explosion within 12 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 25 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 64 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties.
The blast effect of this shell exploding within 14 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 603 mm of the tank armour including the roof.

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.

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