Italian 105/32 FG and 75/46 AT gun.. Myth or Reality ?
Italian 105/32 FG and 75/46 AT gun.. Myth or Reality ?
This ones for the factbook guys. I'd like to know if these weapons are real or if it's just another Inet typo that took on a life of its own.
See here for further info:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=128698
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=128699
The 105/32 existed, and the 75/46 ATG was my typo.
All the best
Andreas
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=128698
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=128699
The 105/32 existed, and the 75/46 ATG was my typo.
All the best
Andreas
http://italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes ... 05-32.html
Three 75-46 guns are mentioned, well-known AA Mod. 34 gun,
http://italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes ... 75-46.html
its casemate ATG variant (not realised) and one for Semovete M.43 - quoted:
Non si può nemmeno affermare che il cannone fosse riuscito a soddisfare le esigenze richieste in quanto già alla fine del 1942 ne venne deciso l’abbandono alla fine delle commesse ormai in corso, sostituendolo con il cannone anticarro germanico da 75/46 mod. 40 che venne ordinato in 1000 esemplari alla OTO anche per essere installato sui semoventi M.43 in costruzione all’Ansaldo.
http://www.soldatinionline.it/leggiarticolo.asp?id=178
(However, I'm still not clear did the Semovete gun was a variant of AA gun (i.e. Italian design) or copy of German 75mm PaK-40 (L/46), as above text suggested. As Italians lacked modern medium-calibre ATG, production by license of PaK-40 by OTO seams as logical step, but for Semovete more suitable would be 75mm StuK-40 L/48 gun; However, problem is terminology - PaK-40 would be "75-33" and StuK-40 would be "75-38" using Italian designations, both too short to be 75-46)
Three 75-46 guns are mentioned, well-known AA Mod. 34 gun,
http://italie1935-45.com/RE/photoscopes ... 75-46.html
its casemate ATG variant (not realised) and one for Semovete M.43 - quoted:
Non si può nemmeno affermare che il cannone fosse riuscito a soddisfare le esigenze richieste in quanto già alla fine del 1942 ne venne deciso l’abbandono alla fine delle commesse ormai in corso, sostituendolo con il cannone anticarro germanico da 75/46 mod. 40 che venne ordinato in 1000 esemplari alla OTO anche per essere installato sui semoventi M.43 in costruzione all’Ansaldo.
http://www.soldatinionline.it/leggiarticolo.asp?id=178
(However, I'm still not clear did the Semovete gun was a variant of AA gun (i.e. Italian design) or copy of German 75mm PaK-40 (L/46), as above text suggested. As Italians lacked modern medium-calibre ATG, production by license of PaK-40 by OTO seams as logical step, but for Semovete more suitable would be 75mm StuK-40 L/48 gun; However, problem is terminology - PaK-40 would be "75-33" and StuK-40 would be "75-38" using Italian designations, both too short to be 75-46)