CZK - vz. 37 (8 cm kanón proti letadlům)

Anti-aircraft gun vz.37 8 cm calibre


Skoda system gun with wedge breech of Ing. Josef Hruška, produced by Akciová společnost, formerly Škoda Plzen (factory designation S).
The gun consisted of a barrel, a lafette and a chassis. The autofretted barrel of shell construction was equipped with a semi-automatic vertical wedge breech, hydraulic brake and air recoil spring, it had a variable slip. It was mounted with the sights on a crossguard with pivoting arms.
The gun was transported on a four-wheel chassis and towed by a Skoda Z tractor.
The weapon was equipped with a system of electrical transmission of elements for indirect firing and a new central sight of the vz. 37.
The weapon was produced from the summer of 1937 and by the autumn of 1938 a total of 68 units were available, but without central sights.



Tactical technical data
Carrying weight - 5 370 kg, combat weight - 3 980 kg, calibre - 76.5 mm, barrel length - 4.04 m (52.8 calibre), aiming - -1° to +85°, sighting - 360°, cartridge weight - 14.58 kg, muzzle velocity - 800 m/s, maximum long range - 16 900 m, maximum elevation range - 11 500 m, cadence - up to 28 rounds per minute, operator - 6 persons.


Literature:
Fidler, Jiří - Sluka, Václav. Prague, Libri 1938.
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So I'm just attaching a little something from my grandfather's archive:


Barrel gas pressure 22,900 kg/cm2.
Length of slide: 500 - 900 mm


Source:
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