7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37

7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37
At the Panzermuseum Munster
Type	Infantry support gun
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
Used by	Nazi Germany
Production history
Number built	1,304
Specifications
Weight	510 kg (1,100 lb)
Shell	5.45 kg (12.0 lb)
Caliber	75 mm (2.95 in)
Elevation	−5° to +24°
Traverse	60°
Muzzle velocity	280 m/s (920 ft/s) (common) 395 m/s (1,300 ft/s) (anti-tank)
Maximum range	5,150 m (5,630 yd)

The 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm IG 37) was an infantry support gun, used by Germany, during World War II. The guns were originally designated 7.5 cm PaK 37. The IG 37s were manufactured, beginning in late 1944, from carriages of 3.7 cm PaK 35/36s (and the nearly identical Soviet 3.7 cm PaK 158(r)) and a barrel designed originally for the IG 42 infantry support gun. As an anti-tank weapon it used a hollow charge shell with 0.5 kg of explosives to penetrate up to 85 mm with a v0 of 395 m/s. The first 84 guns were delivered in June 1944. By the end of the war 1,304 guns were operational.

See also

• Artillery
• List of artillery

References

• http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/Infanteriegeschutze.htm (in German)
• Engelmann, Joachim and Scheibert, Horst. Deutsche Artillerie 1934-1945: Eine Dokumentation in Text, Skizzen und Bildern: Ausrüstung, Gliederung, Ausbildung, Führung, Einsatz. Limburg/Lahn, Germany: C. A. Starke, 1974
• Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
• Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two. 2nd corrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN 1-85367-480-X