This 47mm gun was designed and manufactured by the Austrian firm of Boehler. The Finns purchased about 32 of the guns in 1940, because of its lightweight and high rate of fire. The gun had one major drawnback though - it had no protection for the gun crew. It fired both armor piercing and high explosive shells. The maximum range was about 3800 yards and the effective rangs was about 1100 yards.
DescriptionFinnish model k39 antitank gun intial production2.jpg
Picture taken by myself, Mark Pellegrini, at the United States Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD) on August 14, 2007.
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