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7.5 cm KwK 42

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The 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 (from 7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 42 L/70) was a 7.5 cm calibre German tank gun developed and built by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG in Unterlüß during the Second World War. [1]

16 relations: Anti-tank gun, Jagdpanzer IV, Kampfwagenkanone, Medium tank, Ordnance QF 17-pounder, Panther tank, Panzergranate 39, Phlegmatized explosive, RDX, Rheinmetall, Shell (projectile), Tank destroyer, Tank gun, Unterlüß, World War II, 76 mm gun M1.

Anti-tank gun

An Anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy armored fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position.

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Jagdpanzer IV

The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz.

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Kampfwagenkanone

Kampfwagenkanone (short: KwK / literal translation de ⇒ en: fighting vehicle cannon) was the designation to any type of tank gun mounted in an armoured fighting vehicle or infantry fighting vehicle of the Nazi-Wehrmacht until 1945.

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Medium tank

Medium tank is a classification of tanks, particularly prevalent during World War II which represented a compromise between the mobility oriented light tanks and the protection and armour protection oriented heavy tanks.

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Ordnance QF 17-pounder

The Ordnance Quick-Firing 17-pounder (or just 17-pdr)The British military often used the gun's projectile weight to denote different guns of the same calibre.

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Panther tank

The Panther is a German medium tank deployed during World War II on the Eastern and Western Fronts in Europe from mid-1943 to the war's end in 1945.

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Panzergranate 39

Panzergranate 39 or Pzgr.

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Phlegmatized explosive

A phlegmatized explosive is an explosive that has had an agent added to stabilize or desensitize it.

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RDX

RDX is the organic compound with the formula (O2NNCH2)3.

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Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall AG has a presence in two corporate sectors (automotive and defence) with six divisions, and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.

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Shell (projectile)

A shell is a payload-carrying projectile that, as opposed to shot, contains an explosive or other filling, though modern usage sometimes includes large solid projectiles properly termed shot.

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Tank destroyer

A tank destroyer or tank hunter is a type of armoured fighting vehicle, armed with a direct-fire artillery gun or missile launcher, with limited operational capacities and designed specifically to engage enemy tanks.

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Tank gun

A tank gun is the main armament of a tank.

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Unterlüß

Unterlüß is a village and a former municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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76 mm gun M1

The 76 mm gun M1 was an American World War II–era tank gun developed by the U.S Ordnance Department in 1942 to supplement the 75 mm gun on the basic Medium tank M4.

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Redirects here:

7.5 cm PaK 42, 7.5 cm Pak 42 L/70, 7.5 cm PjK 42, 7.5cm PaK42 L/70, Kw.K.42, KwK 42.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.5_cm_KwK_42

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