Dati di Perforazione dei Munizioni Anticarro Francesi della Seconda Guerra Mondiale
Il carro Char B1.bis francese was equipped con un cannone Hotchkiss da 47 mm ed un obice Puteaux da 75 mm. The latter was designed to engage fanteria targets only. No armour piercing ammunition was issued for the howitzer, making it practically useless against enemy tanks.
The table lists armour penetration values for cannoni francesi da 0 al 100 metri range e 0 degrees inclination of armour. Dates indicate the year when a particular shell type entered production, not necessarily the year of availability to combat units. New shell types would take several months to reach the troops at the front, some favoured units receiving the new shells more quickly than others. Andrew Mark Reid is the author of Panzergranate, a set of regolamenti di wargame using prudentamente researched gunnery data to simulate armour penetration results.
| Weapon | Shell Type | Penetration |
|---|---|---|
| 13.2 mm Hotchkiss H.M.G. | A.P. | 29 mm |
| Main armament of the autoblindo AMD Laffly 80 AM. | ||
| 25 mm L.60 Hotchkiss Flak | A.P. | 42 mm |
| 25 mm L.72 Hotchkiss Anti-Tank Gun | A.P. | 50 mm |
| 25 mm L.77 Puteaux Anti-Tank Gun | A.P. | 54 mm |
| 37 mm L.21 SA18 Puteaux Tank Gun | A.P. (Rupture M.1916) | 27 mm |
| A.P. (Rupture M.1927) | 31 mm | |
| Most carri armati francesi were armed con the 37 mm L.21, except for the R-40, S-35, Char B e Char 2.C mentioned below. In 1940 a hasty rearming programme was begun after it was found that the 37 mm L.21 could not penetrate carri armati tedeschi even at point blank range e firing from behind. The plan was to rearm all carri armati con the 37 mm L.33 gun, which was nearly useless as well, but only a few carri armati F.C.M.36 had been converted by the time Francia was overrun e the campaign ended. | ||
| 37 mm L.30 Hotchkiss Tank Gun | A.P. (Carbon Steel) | 37 mm |
| A.P. (Manganese Steel) | 44 mm | |
| The 37 mm L.30 was not adopted by the armata francese, despite the fact that it performed better than the obsolete 37 mm L.21.T.R. (Tire Rapide) guns. Instead, the Hotchkiss 37 mm L.30 became an export item, it was mounted on carri leggeri ed autoblindi sovietici. | ||
| 37 mm L.33 Hotchkiss Tank Gun (Renault R-40) | A.P.(Rupture M.1936) | 49 mm |
| The Wehrmacht rearmed a few Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. F con captured 37 mm L.33 guns prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. The gun was mounted centrally through the existing mantlet, e the tank lost its coaxial MG. In theory, these veicoli should have been designated Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf. G, ed one each was allocated to a Pz.Kpfw. II platoon. The vehicle enjoyed success against the lightly armoured Russian BT-5, BT-7, T-26.A, T-26.B, T-26.S e T-28 tanks. | ||
| 37 mm L.60 Hotchkiss Flak | A.P.H.E. | 36 mm |
| A twin barrelled, single shot weapon, mounted on a trailer. The Airfix Coastal Defense Fort (No. 06706) is equipped con due of these guns for air defense. It would be a simple conversion to return them to their ruotato state. | ||
| 47 mm L.35 Hotchkiss Tank Gun | A.P. (Rupture M.1935) | 62 mm |
| Main armament of the Char B1, Somua S-35 e Renault D2. The Char B1 was also equipped con a 75 mm L.18 Puteaux howitzer which did not have an armour piercing shell issued for it. The howitzer was designed to engage fanteria positions con High Explosive (H.E.), e smoke shells. Even if an A.P. shell had been developed for it, the howitzer would have had a maximum armour penetration of only 38 mm at 100 metri range, much less than the torretta mounted 47 mm gun. | ||
| 47 mm L.53 Puteaux SA37 Anti-Tank Gun | A.P. (Rupture M.1935) | 95 mm |
| This towed cannone anticarro proved effective against the Panzers, but there were too few of them to stop the Wehrmacht in its tracks. A portee version of the 47 mm APX SA37 was mounted on the Laffly W15TCC 6x6 tank destroyer. The gun was fitted in a partially armoured cabin at the rear of the Laffly truck. | ||
| Cannone da Fanteria da 75 mm L.12 St. Chamond M.1923 | A.P. | 34 mm |
| Il carro Renault FT-17.bis francese of 1923 mounted a short unspecified 75 mm gun in a larger than normal torretta, e there is a possibility that the St. Chamond M.1923 may have been used. Fanteria support veicoli of this type were employed in the colonies francesi, e they saw service in the 1940 campaign in Francia. | ||
| 75 mm L.18 Puteaux de Cavalerie & Tank Gun | n.a. | n.a. |
| Secondary armament of the Char B1, this gun is also considered to be the main armament of the Renault FT-17.bis înfantry support tank. | ||
| 75 mm L.19.3 Schneider de Cavalerie M.1912 | A.P. | - |
| 75 mm L.25 Schneider-Canet M.98/00 de Cavalerie | A.P. | 59 mm |
| 75 mm L.29.7 Puteaux Tank Gun (Char 2.C) | A.P. | 73 mm |
| 75 mm L.31.1 Schneider-Canet M.1898 & M.1900 | A.P. | 74 mm |
| It is likely that Colonel Deport who designed the M.1897 Puteaux was involved in the design of this Schneider gun, even if Canet is credited for the work. | ||
| 75 mm L.36.3 Puteaux M.1897 Field Gun | A.P. | 90 mm |
| The famous "75" of prima guerra mondiale, originally designed by Colonel Deport, who worked at Atelier Puteaux e later transferred to Schneider. This weapon is the father of all American tank guns della seconda guerra mondiale, the copy was designated M1 nel servizio americano. The M.1897 featured the Nordenfelt breech mechanism as opposed to the sliding block system now the industry standard throughout the world. The same design, but con the breech changed to a sliding block mechanism, became the M2 hull gun in carri medi M3 Grant/Lee. The armata francese upgraded many of its old 75 mm Puteaux M.1897 field guns by adding pneumatic tires in the course of the 1938 e 1940 mobilization effort. These guns were designated M.1897/1938 e M.1897/1940 nel servizio francese. | ||
| 75 mm L.36.6 Schneider M.1914 Field Gun | A.P. | 93 mm |
Captured equipaggiamento francese was used by the Wehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Tank e tractor chassis were converted into self-propelled guns e Panzerjäger (tank destroyers) which served throughout the war. A variety of captured original, e converted equipaggiamento francese was used to defend the Atlantic Wall against the Allied invasion in 1944. Apparently, captured veicoli francesi were not normally repainted by their captors, they continued to serve in the original camouflage patterns.
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Soldatini Francesi della Seconda Guerra Mondiale
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