5 cm KwK 38


The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 was a German 50 mm calibre cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German Sd.Kfz. 141 Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank during the Second World War. There was no towed anti-tank gun equivalent.

Ammunition

Average penetration performance established against rolled homogenous steel armour plate laid back at 30° from the vertical.
;PzGr

;PzGr. 39
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;PzGr. 40