Above : Members of an anti-tank company on the drill field |
Pak 37mm Anti-Tank Gun |
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Shell |
Weight |
Muzzle Velocity |
Penetration |
Anti-tank |
0.69 kg |
745 meters/sec |
36mm at 500 meters |
Anti-personnel |
0.65 kg |
745 meters/sec |
Infantry targets only |
Hard-core |
0.35 kg |
1030 meters/sec |
50mm at 500 meters |
In the last peacetime year the German Army had 51 anti-tank units which were except for the one anti-tank training unit stationed in Wünsdorf near Berlin , divided among the divisions.Their numbers of 37mm Pak guns were as follows :
An anti-tank unit normally consisted of a staff , three companies and a replacement company with 22 officers , three officials , 132 non-commissioned officers and551 enlisted men.Their motor vehicles were : 45 personnel vehicles , 91 trucks , 78 motorcycles , 46 with sidecars.When World War II began and new divisions were established the field army as of September 1st 1939 numbered 23,029 officers , non-commissioned officers and enlisted men in the anti-tank units , and the replacement army numbered 16,353 men.In the winter of 1939-40 personnel was increased. |