Friday 16 October 2015

Wooden Mount

The German use of dug in tanks and tank turrets in defensive urban combat is pretty well known, but this is a rarity indeed: a 37 mm tank gun on a wooden mount.


The caption reads: "German 37 mm tank gun. The gun is installed on a wooden mount and was used to fire from house windows and from concealed positions durin street fighting for the Torun fortress."
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  1. Briareos17 October 2015 at 05:49

    Hm, looks more like a 7.5cm KwK 37 to me.

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    1. Unknown18 October 2015 at 12:59

      I think you probably thought those kids were adults (along with the foreshortening). It got me too for a while.

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    2. Unknown2 September 2017 at 00:39

      barrel profile is wrong for it to be a 3,7cm KwK36 (the diameter difference of the barrel and its armored sleeve is more noticable ) it is the 5,0 cm KwK38 L/42 which has that exact taper

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