France 75 mm SA M1935 L/17.1

Showing the details of the shells used(where known)   Tweet Weapon Details 75 mm SA M1935 L/17.1 Calibre 75mm Length L/17   Obus de rupture Mle.1910M (AP Armor Piercing) 75mm 6Kg 300M/Sec Quoted Penetration 40mm @ 400mtr/30° ( ≈ 46mm/0°) Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.34 0.68 1.41 2.99 4.76 6.78 9.09 11.76 Penetration(mm@30°) 43 39 36 32 27 24 20 17 Penetration(mm@0°) 50 46 42 37 32 28 24 20 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 88 29 8 3 1 0 Obus de rupture Mle.1910M (HE High Explosive) 75mm 6Kg 250M/Sec 0.740Kg explosive Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.41 0.82 1.69 3.58 5.71 8.14 10.91 14.13 Direct Fire Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.41 0.82 1.69 3.58 5.71 8.14 10.91 14.13 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 81 22 3 2 0 0 Blast/Fragmentation Effects 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 18 mtr  Armour Penetration inc roof at 1 mtr 2 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 18 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 penetrate 2 mm of the tank armour including the roof. Vehicles in our database using this gun Vehicle Name Common Name   Char 2C     Char B1         Char B1-Bis

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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