- Skoda 37 mm A7
Infobox Weapon|is_artillery=yes|
caption=
name=Skoda A7
type=Gun
origin=Czechoslovakia
era=World War II
platform=Panzer 38(t)
target=Vehicles and personnel
date=
prod_date=
service=1938 to 1945
used_by=Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Romania, Sweden
wars=World War II
spec_type=Tank gun
caliber=37.2 mm
part_length=47.8
carriage=Turret
weight=
ammo=APCBC, APCR, HE
ammo_wt=
velocity=
range=1500 m
rate=
number=
crew=2The Škoda A7 was a 37 mm tank gun designed by the
Skoda Works inCzechoslovakia prior toWorld War II .The gun was the primary armament of the Czech TNH-PS light tank design, known in service with
Germany as thePanzer 38(t) .The primary user of the A7 was the
German Army duringWorld War II where the weapon went by the name 3.7 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38(t).In German service, in addition to conventional
high explosive ammunition, the weapon fired twoanti-tank rounds. The primary round was the Panzergranate 39 armor-piercing composite ballistic cap (APCBC) which could penetrate 41 mm of armor plate at 100 m and 35 mm at 500 m. Penetration dropped to 29 mm at 1000 m and 24 mm at 1500 m. The APCBC round was ineffective at 2000 m. The rarertungsten Panzergranate 40 armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR) round could penetrate 64 mm at 100 m, but only 34 mm at 500 m. The APCR round was not effective at 1000 m or beyond.See also
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List of World War II artillery
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