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词条 37 mm Gun M1
释义

  1. Components

  2. Ammunition

  3. Variants

  4. Comparison of anti-aircraft guns

  5. See also

  6. Notes

  7. References

  8. External links

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The 37mm Gun M1 was an anti-aircraft autocannon developed in the United States. It was used by the US Army in World War II.

In addition to the towed variant, the gun was mounted, with two M2 machine guns, on the M2/M3 half-track, resulting in the T28/T28E1/M15/M15A1 series of multiple gun motor carriages.

In early World War II, each Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) Auto-Weapons battalion was authorized a total of thirty-two 37 mm guns in its four firing batteries, plus other weapons.[2]

During World War II the 37 mm gun M1 was deployed in coast defense Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat Batteries (AMTB) alongside 90 mm guns, usually four 90 mm and two 37 mm guns per battery. Some AMTB batteries consisted of four 37 mm guns, but most sources have little information on these batteries. In the later part of the war the 37 mm gun was typically replaced by the 40 mm Bofors gun M1.[3]

Components

Two gun units were coupled to the M5 gun director using the M1 remote control system. The system was powered by the M5 generating unit. If the remote system was inoperative the M5 sighting system was used.

Ammunition

The M1 utilized fixed ammunition. Projectiles were fitted with a 37×223mmSR cartridge case.

Available ammunition
TypeModelWeight (round/projectile)FillerMuzzle velocityRange horizontal/vertical[4]
APC-TAPC-T M59A1 Shot1.44/0.87 kg
(3.17/1.91 lbs)
-625 m/s
(2,050 ft/s)
5,290/3,660 m
(17,355/12,007 ft)
HE-THE-T SD M54 Shell1.21/0.61 kg
(2.66/1.34 lbs)
792 m/s
(2,598 ft/s)
8,275/5,760 m
(27,149/18,897 ft)
Armor penetration table
Ammunition / Distance457 m
(499 yds)
914 m
(999 yds)
1,371 m
(1,499 yds)
1,828 m
(1,999 yds)
APC-T M59A1 Shot (homogeneous armor, meet angle 30°)23 mm
(.90 in)
18 mm
(.70 in)
15 mm
(.59 in)
13 mm
(.51 in)
APC-T M59A1 Shot (face-hardened armor, meet angle 30°)25 mm
(.98 in)
18 mm
(.70 in)
15 mm
(.59 in)
13 mm
(.51 in)
Different methods of armor penetration measurement were used in different countries / periods. Therefore, direct comparison is often impossible.

Variants

  • The 37 mm M9 autocannon was a derivative of the M1A2 anti-aircraft gun. It had a 74-inch barrel, weighed 405 pounds (the barrel alone weighing 120 pounds), had a muzzle velocity of 3,000 feet per second, and had a rate of fire of 150 rounds per minute. It was used on PT boats around 1944 in the Pacific theater during World War II, replacing the M4 autocannon.

Comparison of anti-aircraft guns

CountryGun ModelRPMProjectile WeightWeight of fire
{{USA}}37 mm Gun M1120.87|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}104.4|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
Nazi Germany}} 3.7 cm SK C/3030.74|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[5]22.2|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
{{FRA}} Canon de 37 mm Modèle 192515-21.72|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[6]10.8-15.12|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
{{ITA}}Cannone-Mitragliera da 37/54 (Breda)60-120.82|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[7]49.2-98.4|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
Nazi Germany}}3.7 cm Flak 18/36/37/43150.64|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[8]96|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
{{USSR}}37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K)80[9].73|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[10]58.4|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
{{GBR}}QF 2-pounder naval gun115.91|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[11]104.6|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}
{{SWE}}Bofors 40 mm gun120.9|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}[12]108|kg|lb|sp=us|abbr=on}}

See also

  • List of U.S. Army weapons by supply catalog designation
  • Kerrison Predictor

Notes

1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2000222|title=Anti-aircraft guns|last=Chamberlain|first=Peter|date=1975|page=54|publisher=Arco Pub. Co|others=Gander, Terry,|isbn=0668038187|location=New York|oclc=2000222}}
2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://www.385th.com/ |title=385th AAA Auto-Weapons Battalion website |access-date=2016-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009195815/http://www.385th.com/ |archive-date=2016-10-09 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
3. ^McGovern and Smith, p. 43
4. ^Shell destroying tracer limited the range to about 3,200 m.
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_37mm-83_skc30.php|title=Germany 3.7 cm/83 SK C/30 - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|website=www.navweaps.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNFR_37-50_cail_m1933.php |title=France 37 mm/50 (1.46") Model 1925 and CAIL Model 1933 - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony |website=www.navweaps.com |language=en |access-date=2017-06-07}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNIT_37mm-54_m1932.php|title=Italy 37 mm/54 (1.5") Models 1932, 1938 and 1939 - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|website=www.navweaps.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_37mm-57_mk43.php|title=Germany 3.7 cm/57 (1.5") Flak M43 - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|website=www.navweaps.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}}
9. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/911907988|title=Jane's pocket book of towed artillery|last=Foss|first=Christopher|date=1977|publisher=Collier|page=27|isbn=0020806000|location=New York|oclc=911907988}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_37mm-67_70-K.php|title=Russia / USSR 37 mm/67 (1.5") 70-K - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|website=www.navweaps.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}}
11. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_2pounder_m8.php|title=United Kingdom / Britain 2-pdr QF Mark VIII - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|website=www.navweaps.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNUS_4cm-56_mk12.php|title=USA Bofors 40 mm/60 Model 1936 - NavWeaps|last=DiGiulian|first=Tony|website=www.navweaps.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-07}}

References

  • Hogg, Ian. Twentieth-Century Artillery. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. {{ISBN|0-7607-1994-2}} Pg.106
  • {{cite book

| last = Hogg
| first = Ian V.
| authorlink = Ian V. Hogg
| title = Allied Artillery of World War Two
| publisher = Crowood Press
| location = Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire
| year = 1998
| isbn = 1-86126-165-9
}}
  • {{cite book

| last = Hunnicutt
| first = R. P.
| title = Half-Track: A History of American Semi-Tracked Vehicles
| publisher = Presidio Press
| location = Novato, CA
| year = 2001
| isbn = 0-89141-742-7
}}
  • {{cite book

| last = McGovern
| first = Terence
| author2 = Smith, B. W.
| title = American Coastal Defenses 1885-1950
| publisher = Osprey Publishing
| location = New York
| year = 2006
| isbn = 1-84176-922-3
}}
  • TM 9-2300 standard artillery and fire control material. dated 1944
  • TM 9-235
  • TM 9-1235
  • SNL A-29

External links

{{Commons category|37mm Gun M1}}
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=vScDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA102#v=onepage&f=false "US Army Gets A New Antiaircraft Gun", September 1940], Popular Science
  • FM 4-112 Coast Artillery Field Manual: Antiaircraft Artillery gunnery, Fire Control, Position Finding, and Horizontal Fire, Antiaircraft Automatic Weapons (Case I Firing)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728105148/http://www.cdsg.org/downloads/40_mm.pdf History of the Americanization of the Bofors 40mm Automatic Antiaircraft Gun]—some references to the 37mm
  • 37mm Antiaircraft Automatic Gun—Antiaircraft.org
{{WWIIUSGuns}}

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