8 cm PL kanon vz. 37

Anti-aircraft gun

8 cm kanon PL vz. 37

Type	Anti-aircraft gun
Place of origin	Czechoslovakia
Service history
In service	1937-1945
Used by	Czechoslovakia Nazi Germany
Wars	World War II
Production history
Designer	Škoda Works
Manufacturer	Škoda Works
Produced	1937-39?
Specifications
Mass	3,800 kilograms (8,400 lb)
Barrel length	4.04 metres (13 ft 3 in) L/52.8

Shell	76.5 x 723mm R, rim dia.100mm^[1]
Shell weight	8 kilograms (18 lb)
Caliber	76.5 millimetres (3.01 in)
Carriage	cruciform
Elevation	0° to +85°
Traverse	360°
Rate of fire	10-15 rpm
Muzzle velocity	800 metres per second (2,600 ft/s)
Maximum firing range	11,470 metres (37,630 ft) vertical ceiling

The 8 cm kanon PL vz. 37 (Anti-aircraft Gun Model 37) was a Czech anti-aircraft gun used during the Second World War. Those weapons captured after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 were taken into Wehrmacht service as the 7.65 cm Flak M 37(t). 97 were in service during the Munich Crisis in September 1938 of which Slovakia seized one when it declared independence six months later.^[2]

Notes

^ "77-77 MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES". quarryhs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ "Statistické údaje výzbroje Čs. armády v roce 1938". 24 March 2005. Retrieved 23 May 2009.

References

Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3

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Weapons and military equipment designed in Czechoslovakia 1919–1945

Firearms

Pistols	Pistole vz. 22 Pistole vz. 24 ČZ vz. 27 ČZ vz. 38
Service rifles	vz. 98/22 vz. 24 vz. 33 ZH-29
Submachine guns	ZK-383 KP vz. 38
Machine guns	LK vz. 26 LK vz. 30 TK vz. 24 TK vz. 35, TK vz. 37 ZB-50 ZB-60

Artillery

Mortars	8 cm minomet vz. 36
Tank and anti-tank guns	3,7cm KPÚV vz. 34 4cm kanón vz. 36 3,7cm KPÚV vz. 37 3,7cm ÚV vz. 38 4,7cm KPÚV vz. 38
Field artillery and mountain guns	Skoda 75 mm Model 1928 Skoda 75 mm Model 1936 Skoda 75 mm Model 1939 8 cm kanon vz. 28 8 cm kanon vz. 30 Skoda 100 mm Model 14/19 Skoda 100 mm Model 16/19 10 cm houfnice vz. 28 10 cm houfnice vz. 30 Skoda 105 mm Model 1939
Heavy artillery	10.5 cm hruby kanon vz. 35 15 cm hrubá houfnice vz. 25 Skoda K-series Skoda Model 1928 gun 21 cm Mörser M. 16/18 21 cm Kanone 39 210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17) Skoda 220 mm howitzer 24 cm Haubitze 39 305 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-18)
Anti-aircraft guns	2 cm VKPL vz. 36 7.5 cm kanon PL vz. 37 8 cm kanon PL vz. 37 8.35 cm kanon PL vz. 22 9 cm kanon PL vz. 12/20
Naval artillery	14 cm/56

Armored
fighting
vehicles

Tanks	Kolohousenka LT vz. 34 LT vz. 35 LT vz. 38 ST vz. 39 Škoda T-21
Armored cars and tankettes	OA vz. 23 OA vz. 27 OA vz. 30 Tančík vz. 33 Škoda MU-4 AH-IV T-32 (Š-I-D)
Prototypes	F-IV-HE Škoda Š-I-j Škoda T-24