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Weapon Details
Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 (Field Gun)
History
The Cannone da 75/27 modello 11 was a French-designed field gun, the first with a split trail, introduced in 1912 and produced in Italy prior to World War I.
Used by Italian Alpine and cavalry troops during World War I, and was built there in large numbers.
Manufactured
1912 - 1945
Calibre
75mm
Length
L/28
Rate of Fire
6 rpm
75mm AP(AP)
75mm 6.35Kg 510M/Sec
Range(Mtr)
100
200
400
800
1200
1600
2000
2400
Flight Time(Secs)
0.2
0.4
0.83
1.76
2.8
3.99
5.35
6.92
Penetration(mm@30°)
78
72
65
58
51
43
37
31
Penetration(mm@0°)
91
84
76
67
59
50
43
36
Hit Probability(%)
98
98
98
77
39
22
6
3
75mm HE 6.35Kg(HE)
75mm 635Kg 510M/Sec
≈95.25Kg explosive
Maximum Range 10000 Mtr
Range(Mtr)
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Flight Time(Secs)
2.26
5.35
9.8
16.81
29.41
58.82
205.89
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill
3 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill
7 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill
19 mtr
Armour Penetration inc roof at 8 mtr
285 mm
An explosion within 3 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 7 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 19 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties.
The blast effect of this shell exploding within 8 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 285 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.
