Skoda 37 mm Model 1934
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The 3.7 cm kanon P.Ú.V. vz. 34 was a anti-tank gun produced by the Škoda Works
in Czechoslovakia
. Škoda's own designation for it was A3. It is not known if guns seized by German after the occupation of Bohemia-Moravia
saw service in World War II
. Slovakia acquired 113 when it declared independence from Czechoslovakia in March 1939. The ÚV vz. 34 version that equipped the Czech LT vz. 35 tanks also seized was used during the war.
It was designed to a Czech Army requirement to penetrate 30 millimetres (1.2 in) of armor at 1000 metres (1,093.6 yd) in 1934. It also fired a HE shell out to a maximum range of 4000 metres (4,374.5 yd). The gun had a small shield and wooden-spoked wheels, although some were fitted with pneumatic wheels.
The ÚV vz. 34 tank gun fired a 0.815 kg (1.8 lb) armor-piercing shell at 690 metres per second (2,263.8 ft/s). It was credited with penetrating a plate inclined at 30° from the vertical 37 millimetres (1.5 in) thick at 100 metres (109.4 yd), 31 millimetres (1.2 in) thick at 500 metres (546.8 yd), 26 millimetres (1 in) thick at 1000 metres (1,093.6 yd), and 22 millimetre (0.866141732283465 in) thick at 1500 metres (1,640.4 yd). Another source quotes penetration of a vertical plate 45 millimetres (1.8 in) thick at 500 metres (546.8 yd). It was mounted on the T-32 (S-I-D) tank destroyer, as well as the LT vz. 34
and LT vz. 35 tanks built by the Czechs.
Škoda Works
Škoda Works was the largest industrial enterprise in Austro-Hungary and later in Czechoslovakia, one of its successor states. It was also one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe in the 20th century...
in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
. Škoda's own designation for it was A3. It is not known if guns seized by German after the occupation of Bohemia-Moravia
German occupation of Czechoslovakia
German occupation of Czechoslovakia began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's pretext for this effort was the alleged privations suffered by...
saw service in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. Slovakia acquired 113 when it declared independence from Czechoslovakia in March 1939. The ÚV vz. 34 version that equipped the Czech LT vz. 35 tanks also seized was used during the war.
It was designed to a Czech Army requirement to penetrate 30 millimetres (1.2 in) of armor at 1000 metres (1,093.6 yd) in 1934. It also fired a HE shell out to a maximum range of 4000 metres (4,374.5 yd). The gun had a small shield and wooden-spoked wheels, although some were fitted with pneumatic wheels.
The ÚV vz. 34 tank gun fired a 0.815 kg (1.8 lb) armor-piercing shell at 690 metres per second (2,263.8 ft/s). It was credited with penetrating a plate inclined at 30° from the vertical 37 millimetres (1.5 in) thick at 100 metres (109.4 yd), 31 millimetres (1.2 in) thick at 500 metres (546.8 yd), 26 millimetres (1 in) thick at 1000 metres (1,093.6 yd), and 22 millimetre (0.866141732283465 in) thick at 1500 metres (1,640.4 yd). Another source quotes penetration of a vertical plate 45 millimetres (1.8 in) thick at 500 metres (546.8 yd). It was mounted on the T-32 (S-I-D) tank destroyer, as well as the LT vz. 34
LT vz. 34
The LT vz. 34, formally designated as Lehký - Light, Tank vzor - Model 34 was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Slovakia during World War II. Its suspension was based on that of the Carden-Loyd tankette, of which the Czechs had purchased three, plus a manufacturing license, in 1930....
and LT vz. 35 tanks built by the Czechs.