7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37

7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 , abbreviated 7.5 cm IG 37 ( German: 7.5 cm infantry gun ) - German infantry (regiment) and anti-tank gun, which was in service with the Wehrmacht during the Second World War (as an anti-tank had an index of 7 , 5 cm PaK 37 .

7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37
IG 37 75mm infantry gun at the museum in Münster
Type of	regimental gun , anti-tank gun
A country	Germany
Service History
In service	Germany
Wars and conflicts	The Second World War
Production history
Years of production	1944-1945
Total released	1304
Specifications
Weight kg	510
Projectile weight, kg	5.45
Caliber mm	75
Elevation angle	from −5 ° to + 24 °
Angle of rotation	60 °
starting speed projectile, m / s	280 (normal) 395 (anti-tank)
Maximum range, m	5150

The guns date back to 1937, although most were produced in 1944-1945. It was de facto made up of parts of various weapons: the carriage was partially borrowed from the German PaK 35/36 and the Soviet 1-K . The barrel was taken from IG 42 .

The cannon could be used not only as a regimental weapon, but also as a means of fighting tanks. For this, a powerful anti-tank projectile weighing about 500 g was used, which pierced 85 mm thick armor at a right angle at a speed of 395 m / s. The first 84 guns were assembled in June 1944, during the war the Germans collected 1,304 such guns.