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Tamiya German 37mm Anti-Tank
Brand: Tamiya
Part No: HC-35035
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The Tamiya German 37mm Anti-Tank (PAK 35/36), part number HC-35035, centres on the German Army’s influential 3.7cm anti-tank gun developed by Rheinmetall in the mid-1930s. Widely issued from 1936, this weapon became a standard divisional asset and set a pattern followed by other nations.
Historical Overview
Originating from a 1934 requirement, the PAK 35/36 combined mobility, crew protection and a rapid rate of fire. Its balanced design and field performance are noted as having influenced anti-tank gun development in the Soviet Union, the United States and Japan.
Key Technical Details
- Overall weight: approximately 450 kg, with rubber-tyred wheels, torsion bar suspension and twin trail legs for ease of movement by a small crew.
- Crew protection: 4 mm gun shield.
- Gunner position on the left; loader on the right of the horizontal sliding breech block.
- Traverse: 60° each way; elevation: +25°; depression: −8°.
- Rate of fire: around 15 rounds per minute.
- Gun length: 45 calibres (3.7 cm).
- Muzzle velocity: up to 762 m/s with an armour-piercing projectile.
- Penetration: 48 mm of vertical armour at 457 metres.
- Official designation: Panzerabwehrkanone 35/36 (PAK 35/36); issued to anti-tank companies from 1936.
This concise overview highlights the engineering, handling and battlefield attributes that made the PAK 35/36 a notable early-war anti-tank gun.
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History of the Anti-tank Gun PAK 35/36
It was in 1934 that the German Army ordered Rheinmettal A G to develop a new 3.7cm anti-tank gun. Rheinmettal ranked beside Krupp as the biggest gun maker of Germany and already manufactured the first 3.7cm anti-tank rapid firer in 1918. In 1935, Rheinmettal finished designing the new anti-tank gun. The overall weight was 450kg. Having two rubber-tired wheels, torsion bar suspension system and two rear trail legs, the gun could be easily moved by only a few men. A gun shield of 4mm thickness was fixed for the protection of the gun crew. The gunner was on the left side of the gun and could traverse it by 60 degrees both ways, elevate by 25 degrees and depress by 8 degrees. The loader was on the right side of the horizontal sliding breech block and the gun could make continuous fire at a rate of 15 rounds per minute. The 3.7cm gun which was 45 calibres long had a muzzle velocity of 762 meters per second (when firing and armour-piercing projectile) and penetrated a 48mm armour plate standing erect at a distance of 457 meters. The 3.7cm anti-tank gun was immediately accepted by the German Army and officially designated Anti-tank Gun Model 35/36 (PAK 35/36). In 1936, the Germans began to deliver the gun to the anti-tank gun company of each division as its standard equipment. It is reported that the excellent design of the then typical anti-tank gun exerted a great influence on the progress of anti-tank guns in the Soviet Union, United States, and Japan.
Key Info:
- Brand: Tamiya
- Part No: HC-35035
- Barcode: 4950344996117
- Scale: 1:35
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