Anti-Tank Gun

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An Anti-Tank Gun is a field piece designed specifically to combat enemy armoured vehicles.

Development

Anti-Tank Guns were developed extensively during the interwar period, however some of these were light pieces designed to combat armoured vehicles similar to those used in World War I. The Pak. 36 is an example of such a design. It had a very successful career in the Spanish Civil War against Soviet variants of the Vickers, the T-26, but found itself obsolete by the Battle of France.

The Allied Forces had the Samel 47 and 2 Pounder, which remained moderately effective against the vast majority of Axis tanks all through the war!

The FlaK. 36, designed as a heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun, excelled itself versus armoured vehicles - not during the Battle of Arras as many people claim but during the Spanish Civil War.

All around the world, military engineers created vehicles with increasing amounts of armour and more effective field pieces were engineered to combat those vehicles.