Captured Guns Reveal their Secrets
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GERMAN 75-MM. GUNS mounted on eight-
wheeled gun carriages capable of traveling 50 m.p.h.
were used os tank destroyers during the campaign in
North Africa. The gun shown at the left was captured by
American troops who later turned it against he enemy
GERMAN ANTITANK RIFLE shown of left be-
low is the standard weapon for this purpose. The
7.92-mm. (.31-in.) Model Pz. B 1939 is a single-shot
gun equipped with a folding shoulder extension and
a bipod that folds up under the barrel. If fires
an armor-piercing tracer that carries a small pel-
let of tear gas fo be set off by the heat of impact
JAPANESE 20-MM. ANTITANK RIFLES are
fired from the shoulder off a biped, just like most simi-
lar weapons. The one shown below af right is fed from
an eight-round magazine fitted on top, and is gas-oper-
ated. The Japs have a wide range of weapons that can
be used against tanks, although only one, an .80 caliber
air-cooled gun, is used exclusively for this purpose
“SQUEEGEE” is the name given this German antitank |
gun featuring a barrel with a bore that tapers from 28
mm. at the breech to 20 mm. af the muzzle. The bullet
it fires is ringed with two soft iron or copper bands
that give it the 28-mm. diameter as it is exploded from
the shell. But as it travels through the bore, the rings are
compressed to the smaller dimension at the muzzle, where
they drop off. Purpose of this construction is to afford a
larger area fo build up pressure against in e chamber
made gostight by the metal skirts. Below, a soldier at
Aberdeen demonstrates the use of the telescopic sight
GERMAN 88-MM. GUNS, like the one shown
at the right, were built for use against aircraft, but
during the drive against the Maginot Line it was found
that their high muzzle velocity would pierce armor, and
Hin I To Thal wre © capitan uot i Adria. More
mum horizontal rango of the 88 is 18,000 yards; of-
fective coiling (at a 70° elovation) is 25,000 feet.
Handled by a crow of six, it can be sot up in 3/2 min-
utes. Comparable U. S. weapon is the dual-purpose
90-mm. gun, which fires a heavier projectile farther
ITALIAN ANTITANK GUN. The 20-mm. Solo-
thurn, shown below at right, is a self-loading weapon
using the recoil system of operation that fires af the
rate of 10-20 rounds a minute. The sights include a
blade front sight and a leaf back sight graduated fo
1,500 meters, in addition to a telescopic sight mounted
ena brackef. Copied after a Swiss gun, ‘Ro Selothurn
is fod by a clip magazine capable of holding 10
rounds, but usually loaded with eight. Overall length,
Tnctoding he recall reducer, 1s Tort over. sorem Tent
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1943-09
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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118-119
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 143, n. 3, 1943
