3.7 cm ÚV vz. 38

The Template:Not a typo ÚV vz. 38 (Template:Langx), manufacturer's designation Škoda A7, was a 37 mm tank gun designed by the Skoda Works in Czechoslovakia prior to World War II.

The gun was the primary armament of the Czech LT vz. 38 light tank, known in German service as the Panzer 38(t).

The primary user of the A7 was the Wehrmacht during World War II where the weapon went by the name Template:Not a typo Kampfwagenkanone 38(t).

Performance

In German service, in addition to conventional high explosive ammunition, the weapon fired two anti-tank rounds. The primary round the Panzergranate Pzgr.(t) umg. armor-piercing capped ballistic cap (APCBC), was ineffective at Template:Convert and beyond. The rarer tungsten Panzergranate 40 armor-piercing composite rigid (APCR), was ineffective at Template:Convert and beyond.

 

Armor penetration table

Range	Contact angle 30°
APCBC
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APCR
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Ammunition type	Muzzle velocity	Penetration
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Pzgr.34 APC	741 m/s	Template:Cvt	Template:Cvt	Template:Cvt	Template:Cvt	Template:Cvt
Pzgr. 40 APCR	1,020 m/s	Template:Cvt	47 mm	Template:Cvt	Template:Cvt	8 mm

See also

• Weapons of Czechoslovakia interwar period

• List of World War II artillery