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    The 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 (2 cm Kampfwagenkanone 30 L/55) was a German 2 cm cannon used as the main armament of the German Sd.Kfz.121 Panzerkampfwagen II light...
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    cannon during early World War II. Developed from the Swiss Oerlikon FF. 2 cm KwK 30 - variant for armored cars and light tanks, slightly shortened barrel...
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    The 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 (5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 39 L/60) was a German 50 mm calibre tank gun used during the Second World War, primarily as the main armament...
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    The 7.5 cm KwK 40 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40) was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German...
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    The 8.8 cm KwK 43 (Kampfwagenkanone —"fighting vehicle cannon") was an 88 mm 71 calibre length tank gun designed by Krupp and used by the German Wehrmacht...
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    7.5 cm K 51 L/24 (7.5 cm Kanone 51 L/24). KwK 37 used shell 75×243 mm. R K.Gr.rot.Pz. - Armour Piercing Capped Kt. Kw. K. - Canister Nbgr. Kw. K. - Smoke...
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    The 8.8 cm KwK 36 (German: 8,8 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36) was an 88-millimetre (3.5 in) tank gun used by the German Army during World War II. This was the...
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    The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 (5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42) was a German 50 mm calibre cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German Sd.Kfz. 141...
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    The 3.7 cm KwK 36 L/45 (3.7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 36 L/45) was a German 3.7 cm cannon used primarily as the main armament of earlier variants of the German...
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    The 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 (from 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 42 L/70) was a 7.5 cm calibre German tank gun used on German armoured fighting vehicles in the Second...
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    rearmed with a 2.8 cm sPzB 41 heavy anti-tank rifle in a modified turret. Sd. Kfz. 222 This version of the vehicle was armed with a 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 autocannon...
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  • mortars family 2 cm KwK 30 – Panzer II tank gun 3.7 cm KwK 36 – Panzer III tank gun Skoda 37 mm A7 5 cm KwK 38 – Panzer III tank gun 5 cm KwK 39 – Panzer...
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    7.5 cm KwK 40, which differed primarily in using more compact ammunition, thereby allowing more rounds to be carried inside the vehicles. The KwK 40 armed...
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    Daimler-Benz, Büssing or Magirus 6x4 truck chassis. The 231 was armed with a 2 cm KwK 30 L/55 autocannon, and a Maschinengewehr 13 machine gun. The 231 was introduced...
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  • Panzerspähwagen (6 wheel) with 2 cm KwK 30 gun) Sd.Kfz. 231 8-rad (Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (8 wheel) with 2 cm KwK 30 gun) Sd.Kfz. 232 6-rad (Schwerer...
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    Panzer II (redirect from Panzer 2)
    auto-cannon. Some later versions used the similar 2 cm KwK 38 L/55. This auto-cannon was based on the 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun, and was capable of firing...
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    service in significant numbers, also serving in modified form as the 8.8 cm KwK 43 main gun on the Tiger II tank, the open-top Nashorn and fully enclosed...
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    Kampfwagenkanone (redirect from KwK)
    (Hrsg.): Militärisches Studienglossar Englisch. Januar 2001, S. 284. The first 1540 tank of the Ausführung J were equipped with the shorter 5 cm KwK 38....
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    had a larger turret ring, was redesigned to mount the long-barrelled 7.5 cm KwK 40 gun and became the main German tank. The Panzer III effectively swapped...
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    anti-tank and tank destroyer 8.8 cm PaK 43 gun used for the Elefant and Jagdpanther, and turret-mounted 8.8 cm KwK 43 heavy tank gun of the Tiger II...
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    combat area, the Bergepanther received a bow mount to accommodate a 2 cm KwK 30 automatic cannon. However, it was already obsolete in the course of 1944...
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    5 cm KwK 37 gun of the Panzer IV or a tank-mounted version of the 10.5cm leFH18/40 L/28 howitzer. In October 1941, Krupp was asked if the 7.5 cm KwK 40...
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  • as the 12,8 cm KwK 44 L/55 main gun. 12.8 cm Kanone 44, Pak 44 12.8 cm Kanone 81/1: K 44 mounted on the ex-French 155mm GPF-T carriage. 2-wheeled split...
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    effective 8,8 cm KwK L/56. VK from the German Vollketten "fully tracked"; 30 for the approximate weight of 30 tonnes; and the final 2 digits xx denoting...
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    vehicle mounted the short-barreled, howitzer-like 75 mm (2.95 in) Kampfwagenkanone 37 7.5 cm KwK 37 tank gun, 24 calibres in length which was a low-velocity...
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    turrets and replaced them with PTRS-41 anti-tank rifles or captured German 2 cm KwK 30 cannon. Another, more extensive, field modification involved removing...
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    5-barrelled rotary-cannon. The 3.7 cm TAK 1918 was designed and built for the Imperial German Army in 1918. The 3.7 cm Pak 36 which first appeared in 1928...
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    Sd.Kfz. 234 (redirect from Sd.Kfz. 234/2)
    Brandenburg Panzer Grenadier Division - 2 issued January 1945 There were four main variants: 234/1 – 1 x 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 autocannon, 1 x 7.92mm MG 42 machine...
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  • 20 2 cm KwK 30  Germany 1930s 20 Breda 35  Italy World War II 25 25 SA 35  France World War II 30 Shipunov 2a42  Soviet Union Cold War 37 3.7 cm ÚV vzor...
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    meters. It used the same 75 x 495R ammunition as the 7.5 cm KwK 40 of Panzer IV and 7.5 cm StuK 40 gun fitted on the Sturmgeschütz assault guns. The Pak...
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