CHE - 24mm Panzerwagenkanone 1938

malorážový tankový kanon
24 mm Panzerwagenkanone 1938
The small-caliber anti-tank cannon was developed in the late 1930s by the Swiss State Armory in Bern. It was a very accurate weapon with a small recoil, charged from a magazine for six rounds. The version produced in 1938 worked with an unlocked closure and the 1941 version already used a locked closure.


- designation: anti-tank weapon
- manufacturer: Eidgenössische Waffenfabrik, Bern (W&F, W + F)
- prototype designation: unknown
- designation of the weapon by the Swiss army: 24 mm Panzerwagenkanone 38
- abbreviation: 24 mm Pzw. Kan. 38
- production: in the years 1938-1941


Basic data
- caliber of the weapon: 24 mm
- weapon length: 2590 mm
- barrel length: 1515 mm, d/63
- magazine for 6 rounds
- hopper weight: 5.52 kg
- weapon weight: 77 kg


Ammunition
- dimensions: 24x139 mm
- hub design: undivided borderless
- charge weight: 460 g
- missile: anti-tank core
- projectile weight: 225 g
- muzzle velocity: ?


Note
On this occasion, I would like to thank my Swiss friend Weasel 29 for selfless help.
In addition to the Panzerwagenkanone 38, the Swiss company W&F also produced the following weapon variants:
- 24 mm Befestigungskanone 1938 or 1941 (PzBK 38/41)
- 24 mm tank bucket 1938 (Tb 38)
- 24 mm Tankbüchse 1941 (Tb 41)


Photographs and sketches, used from the websites below.


Website:
festung-oberland.ch
p083.ezboard.com
1995Mar10.083722.3929@idz.bfi.admin.ch.html" target=_blank>www.admin.ch
http://www.armee-info.ch/forum/viewtopic.php?t=189
www.festung-oberland.ch
www.festung-oberland.ch
http://www.fortemondascia.ch/LONA_in_tedesco.htm
www.checkpoint-online.ch
www.chronos-verlag.ch
http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/ammotable3.htm
CHE - 24mm Panzerwagenkanone 1938 - Foto via Anthony Williams.

Foto via Anthony Williams.
CHE - 24mm Panzerwagenkanone 1938 - Závěr a záměrný dalekohled PzBK 38/41 jsou shodné s Pzw. Kan. 38.

Závěr a záměrný dalekohled PzBK 38/41 jsou shodné s Pzw. Kan. 38.
CHE - 24mm Panzerwagenkanone 1938 - 24 mm Pzw. Kan. 38, na podvozku švýcarského tanku Pzw. 39.

24 mm Pzw. Kan. 38, na podvozku švýcarského tanku Pzw. 39.
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