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The 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 (5 cm Kampfwagenkanone 38 L/42) was a German 5 cm cannon used as the main armament of variants of the German SdKfz.141 Panzerkampfwagen III medium tank. It was used in vehicles that saw action in the Second World War. There was no towed anti-tank variant of this gun.

Ammunition

  • PzGr (Armour Piercing)
  • PzGr. 39 (Armour Piercing Capped Ballistic Cap)
  • PzGr. 40 (Armour Piercing Composite Rigid)

Vehicles mounted on

  • Panzerkampfwagen III (Sd. Kfz. 141) - Ausf. F to J (serial production), several earlier models were re-equipped with this gun.


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German artillery of World War II
Tank guns
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Heavy mortars
Rocket artillery
7.3 cm Föhn-Gerät • 7.3 cm Propagandawerfer 41 • 8 cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer • 15 cm Do-Gerät • 15 cm NbW 41 • 21 cm NbW 42 • 28/32 cm NbW 41 • 30 cm NbW 42 • 30 cm Raketenwerfer 56 • Wurfrahmen 40
Field, Medium and Heavy guns
Superheavy and Siege artillery
Railroad artillery
15 cm K (E) • 17 cm K (E) • 20.3 cm K (E) • 21 cm K 12 (E) • 24 cm Th K (E) • 24 cm ThBr K (E) • 28 cm kzBr K (E) • 28 cm lgBr K (E) • 28 cm sBr K (E) • 28 cm Br NK (E) • 28 cm K 5 (E) • 38 cm Siegfried K (E) • 40.6 cm Adolf K (E)
Other vehicle mounted guns
Anti-aircraft guns

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