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7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun - 75x714mm R

The 7.5 cm PaK 40 (full name "7,5 cm Panzerjägerkanone 40 (L/46)") was a German anti-tank gun developed in 1939-1941 by Rheinmetall and used during the Second World War. It is similar in outward appearance to its smaller predecessor, the 5 cm Pak 38.

Specifications

(1941–1945)

Type: Anti-Tank Gun

Caliber: 3 in (7.5 cm)

Weight: 3140 lbs (1424.3 kg)

Length: 244.1 in (620 cm)

Barrel Length: 135.8 in (345 cm)

Feed System: Single-shot

The 7.5 cm PaK 40 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title	Character	Date
The Tank Brigade	German soldiers	1955
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah)	German soldiers	1960
And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza)	German troops	1966
Liberation: Breakthrough	Soviet soldiers	1969
Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow	Soviet partisans	1969
Sadsacks Go to War (Les Bidasses s'en vont en guerre)	French soldiers	1974
Cross of Iron	German Soldiers	1977
Corps of General Shubnikov (Korpus generala Shubnikova)	German soldiers	1980
Battle for Moscow	German troops	1985
Uprising	SS troops	2001
The Star (Zvezda)		2002
The White Tiger (Belyy tigr)		2012
Fury (2014)	German soldiers	2014

Television

Title	Actor	Character	Note	Date
The State Border: Film 5		German soldiers		1987

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Amestrian soldiers		2009 - 2010

Video Games

Game Title	Used By	Appears as	Notes	Date
Clive Barker's Jericho	World War II levels			2007

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 | ''[[Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow]]''  ||  || Soviet partisans ||  || 1969
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 | ''[[Cross of Iron]]''  ||  || German Soldiers ||  || 1977