5 cm KwK 38 L/42

The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 (5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42) was a German 50 mm 42 calibre cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German Panzer III medium tank during the Second World War. The towed anti-tank gun equivalent was the PaK.37 of which 2,600 were produced from 1937 until 1940.

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5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42; 50 mm L/42 KwK 38; 50 mm tank gun KwK 38; 50L42 KwK 38; Kampfwagenkannone 38 L/42; KwK 38 L/42
speed 685 metre per second, speed 1060 metre per second, length 22 millimetre, length 28 millimetre, length 96 millimetre, length 36 millimetre, length 58 millimetre, 
tank gun, Panzer IIIJ L/42, Nazi Germany, 

100 mm anti-tank gun M1977, 105mm Gun T8, 12.8 cm KwK 44, 120mm Gun M58, 128 x 869 mm R AP, 17-pounder APDS, 25 mm anti-tank gun SA-L, 25 mm APX modèle 1937, 3.7 cm KwK 36, 37 mm Gun M3, 37 x 94 mm R, 47 x 405 mm R, 5 cm KwK 39 L/60, 5 cm Pzgr, 57 x 441 mm R AP, 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 40, 7.5 cm KwK 37, 7.5 cm KwK 42, 7.5 cm Pak 41, 7.5 cm Pak 97/38, 7.5 cm Pzgr, 7.5 cm Pzgr 41 APCNR, 7.62 cm Pak 36(r), 75 mm Gun M2, 75 mm Gun M2/M3/M6, 75 mm Gun M3, 75 mm Gun M6, 76.2 mm AP, 8 cm shaped charge, 8.8 cm KwK 36, 8.8 cm Pzgr 39/43, 85 mm antitank gun D-48, AC 47 anti-tank gun, Archer, Breda 38, CN08 120 mm gun, D-10, F-34 tank gun, IMI 120 mm gun, Jagdpanzer, Jagdpanzer 38(d), Jagdpanzer 38(t) Starr, L-11 76.2 mm tank gun, L30, M256, M35, Marder II, MKE 120 mm tank gun, OQF 3 pounder gun, Ordnance QF 20 pounder, Ordnance QF 75 mm, Panzer IIIJ, Panzer IIIJ L/42, Panzerjäger I, QF 2-pounder gun Mark VII, QF 6 pounder 6 cwt Hotchkiss, QF 6-pounder 7-cwt gun Mark 2, Sprut anti-tank gun, Sturer Emil, tank gun, Type 3 75 mm Tank Gun, Type 94 37 mm Anti-Tank Gun, U-5TS, vz.37, XM360, ZiS-2, ZIS-S-53, Škoda A3, Škoda A7, 

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