Difference between revisions of "KwK42 (75 mm)"

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Description

Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Low drop low filler long reload cannon allowing for easier long shots.

Available shells

Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).

Comparison with analogues

M1 (76 mm)

Ordnance QF 17-pounder (76 mm)

D-5S (85 mm)

Usage in battles

Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.

Pros and cons

Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.

Pros:

High velocity
High accuracy

Cons:

Low explosive filler
Long reload

History

Made as a weapon to arm the new panther tanks as the KwK 40 was seen as insufficent to deal with the new generation of soviet tanks. Shells between theese guns were near identical allowing for easier manufacturing with only difrence being the larger driving band. Of note should be that the pak 42 is also a tank gun rather than a towed gun as the name would designate it wich may or may not have been manufactured.

Media

An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

topic on the official game forum;
encyclopedia page on weapon;
other literature.

Germany tank cannons
20 mm	KwK30 · KwK38 · Rh202
28/20 mm	s.Pz.B.41
30 mm	MK 30-2/ABM
37 mm	KwK34(t) · KwK36 · KwK38(t) · PaK L/45
47 mm	Pak.(t)(Sf.)
50 mm	KwK39 · KwK L/42 · PaK38
57 mm	Bofors L/70 Mk.1
75 mm	K51 L/24 · KwK37 · KwK40 L43 · KwK40 L48 · KwK42 · KwK44 · KwK44 L/36.5 · PaK39 L48 · PaK40/3 L46 · PaK42 · StuK37 · StuK40 L43 · StuK40 L48
76 mm	PaK36 (r)
88 mm	Flak.37 · Flak 41 · KwK36 · KwK43 · PaK43
90 mm	BK90
105 mm	CN105-57 · FMK.4 Modelo 1L · K.18 · KwK L/68 · L7A3 · PzK M57 · StuH42
120 mm	Rh120 L/44 · Rh120 L/55 · Rh120 L/55 A1
128 mm	K.40 · KwK44 · PaK44
150 mm	s.I.G.33 · Stu.H 43 L/12
380 mm	RW61
	Foreign:
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 ^(USA) · HSS 831L ^(Britain)
57 mm	6pdr OQF Mk.V ^(Britain)
73 mm	2A28 ^(USSR)
75 mm	M3 ^(USA)
76 mm	F-32 ^(USSR) · F-34 ^(USSR) · M32 ^(USA)
90 mm	M36 ^(USA) · M41 ^(USA)
105 mm	GT-3 ^{(South Africa)}
125 mm	2A46 ^(USSR)
152 mm	M-10T ^(USSR) · XM150E5 ^(USA)
155 mm	M126 ^(USA)

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-[[File:Weapon KwK42 (75 mm).png|thumb|right|x250px|The 75 mm KwK42 on the VK 3002 (M) gun mantlet.]]
 == Description ==
-<!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
+''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Make an air or ground vehicles list on which this weapon is installed in our game.''
-The '''75 mm KwK42''' is the main cannon of the Panther tanks.
-The cannon was designated as the '''PaK42''' when mounted on Jagdpanzer IV tank destroyers, and featured some minor differences, such as lack of a muzzle brake and a thinner but longer breech block, due to the recoil buffers being mounted on top of the breech block instead of the sides. However, it still functions identically to the KwK42 in-game.
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
-[[File:7,5-cm-KwK 42 L-70 Munster.jpg|thumb|KwK42 from a panther with the letterbox mantlet and recoil system included.]]
-* {{Specs-Link|germ_vk_3002m}}
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_pzkpfw_V_ausf_a_panther}}
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_pzkpfw_V_ausf_d_panther}}
@@ Line 17: / Line 10: @@
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_pzkpfw_V_ersatz_m10}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_pzkpfw_V}}
-* {{Specs-Link|fr_pzkpfw_V_panther_dauphine}}
-* {{Specs-Link|germ_pz_IV_L70}}
-* {{Specs-Link|germ_pz_IV_L70_A}}
 == General info ==
-<!-- ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.'' -->
+''Low drop low filler long reload cannon allowing for easier long shots.''
-The KwK42 gun has shells with high muzzle velocity, but relatively low projectile mass, which along with a long reload makes it more suited for long range engagements.
-=== Available ammunition ===
+=== Available shells ===
-<!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
+''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
-{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|PzGr 39/42, PzGr 40/42, Sprgr. 42}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
+[[M1 (76 mm)]]
+[[Ordnance QF 17-pounder (76 mm)]]
+[[D-5S (85 mm)]]
 == Usage in battles ==
-<!-- ''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.'' -->
+''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
-With a much higher muzzle velocity compared to the [[KwK40 L48 (75 mm)|preceding 75 mm cannon]], the KwK42 can penetrate much more armour and fly in a flatter arc to allow for vehicle knock-outs from hundreds of metres away with greater degrees of range-estimating error.
-The stock APCBC shell has enough power to frontally penetrate a [[M4A3E2]] Jumbo. Although, this can be somewhat unpredictable: if the Jumbo is angling, the shell will bounce or shatter.
 === Pros and cons ===
-<!-- ''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.'' -->
+''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
 '''Pros:'''
-* Fairly high muzzle velocity
+* High velocity
-* Accurate up to long distances
+* High accuracy
-* Good penetration
+*
 '''Cons:'''
-* Low explosive filler in AP rounds
+* Low explosive filler
-* Long reload time
+* Long reload
+*
 == History ==
-<!-- ''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
+''Made as a weapon to arm the new panther tanks as the KwK 40 was seen as insufficent to deal with the new generation of soviet tanks. Shells between theese guns were near identical allowing for easier manufacturing with only difrence being the larger driving band. Of note should be that the pak 42 is also a tank gun rather than a towed gun as the name would designate it wich may or may not have been manufactured.''
-With the development of the new Panther tanks, a new gun (the KwK42) also had to be designed, as the KwK40 was seen as insufficient to deal with the new generation of Soviet tanks. Shells between these guns were near-identical allowing for easier manufacturing with the only difference being the larger driving band.
-The PaK42 is a tank gun near identical to the KwK42, rather than a towed gun as the name would designate it as. The towed version may have been manufactured, though no evidence of such has been found.
 == Media ==
-''Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.''
+''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
 == See also ==
-<!-- ''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
+''Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:''
 * ''reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;''
-* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' -->
+* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.''
-* [[M1 (76 mm)]]
-* [[D-5S (85 mm)]]
-* [[Ordnance QF 17-pounder (76 mm)]]
 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
+* ''encyclopedia page on weapon;''
 * ''other literature.''
 {{Germany tank cannons}}
-{{USSR tank cannons}}
-{{France tank cannons}}
 [[Category:Tank cannons]]

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