Pak 40: Germany's Tank Killer

The 7.5-cm Pak 40 was the most important German anti-tank gun in the Second World War. In this video we will take a closer look at the gun itself, some principles on employment of the gun, its capabilities and limitations as well. For this we look at the gun of the Panzermuseum Munster in Germany and also primary sources namely German Army Regulations, where it is actually called Panzerjägerkanone 40 not Panzerabwehrkanone (Pak) 40.

Disclaimer: I was invited by the Panzermuseum Munster in 2020.

English Channel of the Panzermuseum:    / germantankmuseum  
German Channel of the Panzermuseum:    / daspanzermuseum  

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BArch, RH 1/1910: H.Dv. 473/5a: Ausbildung an der 7,5-cm-Panzerjägerkanone 40. Vom 20. 5. 44.

BArch, RH1/1991: H.Dv. 473/10a: Schießvorschrift für Panzerjägerkanonen. Teil a: Schießlehre. Ausbildungsvorschrift für die Panzertruppe. Heft 10. 1944.

BArch, RH 10/427: Merkblatt 75/3: Richtlinien für Einsatz und Verwendung der Panzerjäger-Kompanie 7,5/IV (neu) vom 2. 10. 43.

Hahn, Fritz: Waffen und Geheimwaffen des deutschen Heeres 1933-1945. Dörfler Verlag: Eggolsheim, o.J.

Fleischer, Wolfgang: Die deutsche Panzerjägertruppe: 1935-1945: Katalog der Waffen, Munition und Fahrzeuge. Ed. Dörfler im Nebel-Verl.: Eggolsheim-Bammersdorf, 2007.

Jentz, Thomas L.; Doyle, Hilary Doyle: Panzer Tracts No.7-3 Panzerjaeger (7.5 cm Pak 40/4 to 8.8 cm Waffentraeger) development and employment from 1939 to 1945. Panzer Tracts: Boyds, MD, USA: 2006.

Zaloga, Steven: Armored Champion. The top Tanks of World War II. Stackpole Books: Mechanicsburg, US, 2015.

FM 7-35 Antitank Company, Infantry Regiment and Antitank Platoon, Infantry Battalion. March 15, 1994.
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/...



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