| AT Gun: 5cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 |
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| Gunnery Chart | ||||||||||||||
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| Armament: 50cm PaK38 L/60 | ||||||||||||||
| GE 50L60 | 100m 2" | 250m 5" | 500m 10" | 750m 15" | 1000m 20" | 1250m 25" | 1500m 30" | 1750m 35" | 2000m 40" | 2500m 50" | ||||
| APC | Pzgr39 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |||||
| HE | 38 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| APCR | Pzgr40* | 4/42 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| HEAT | StGr42 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||
| Other Ammos: Pzgr39 (APC) | ||||||||||||||
| Target Vuln. | A | 1k | 1k | 1k | 2k | 2k | 3k | 3t4k | 5k | |||||
| B | 1k | 1k | 2k | 2t3k | 2t3k | 3t4k | 4t5k | 5t6k | ||||||
| C | 1k | 1t2k | 2t3k | 3t4k | 4t5k | 4t5k | 5t6k | 6t7k | ||||||
| D | 2t3k | 3t4k | 4t5k | 5t6k | 5t6k | 6t7k | 7t8k | 7t8k | ||||||
| E | 4t5k | 5t7k | 6t8k | 6t8k | 7t8k | 8t9k | 8t9k | 9t10k | ||||||
| F | 7t | 8t | 9t | 9t | 9t | 10t | 10t | 10t | ||||||
| Notes: The standard AT gun in North Africa, it remained in service throughout the war, though as armor thickened it was largely replaced by the 75mm PAK 40. At the time of introduction, it was a match for most Allied tanks. |
Stats: AKA: 5cm PAK 38; 4 smoke launchers; Main Ammo: 16/ rounds; Rate-of-Fire: 65.0/ RPM; Gun Elevation: -2 to -8/° Gun Traverse: 27/° |
| © 2007 Daryl Poe, William B. Thacker | Lightning War! | Nov 2007 |