7.5 cm StuK 37 L/24

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The 7.5 cm StuK 37 L/24 was a short-barreled German World War II tank gun used primarily on early assault guns for infantry support with high-explosive and limited anti-armor capability.

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7.5 cm StuK 37 L/24 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II-era weapon ⓘ
artillery piece ⓘ
tank gun ⓘ
ammunitionType HE (high-explosive) ⓘ
HEAT (high-explosive anti-tank) ⓘ
barrelLengthDesignation L/24 ⓘ
barrelType short-barreled ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
designedBy Germany ⓘ
designedFor assault gun ⓘ
direct fire support ⓘ
designedForPlatform self-propelled gun ⓘ
designedForRole infantry support ⓘ
era 1930s–1940s ⓘ
gunType rifled gun ⓘ
hasCaliber 7.5 cm ⓘ
75 mm ⓘ
hasCapability high-explosive fire ⓘ
limited anti-armor capability ⓘ
intendedTargetType field fortifications ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
lightly armored vehicles ⓘ
mountedOn Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A ⓘ
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. B ⓘ
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. C ⓘ
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. D ⓘ
early StuG III variants ⓘ
mountType casemate mount ⓘ
natoCaliberCategory 75 mm class gun ⓘ
primaryAmmunitionType high-explosive shell ⓘ
replacedBy longer-barreled 75 mm StuK guns ⓘ
servicePeriod early World War II ⓘ
similarTo 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 ⓘ
usedAs main armament of early StuG III ⓘ
usedBy German Army ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
weaponClass low-velocity gun ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

StuG III → mainArmamentVariant → 7.5 cm StuK 37 L/24 ⓘ
subject linked to: StuG III assault gun