
The 7.5cm Pak 40 was built in anticipation of the inevitable and gradual increase in tank armour with the first guns being issued in November 1941. This Rheinmetall-Borsig gun soon became the standard German anti-tank gun and was able to penetrate 116mm of armour at 1000m (0 degrees).
Imperial War Museum, Duxford: July 2006

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