Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34
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The Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 was a mobile Italian anti-aircraft gun used during World War II. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 caliber-lengths long and it was accepted in service in 1934. The Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 40 was a fixed anti-aircraft gun version.
History
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The gun shows the influence of contemporary Vickers designs such as the Model 1931, and was a sound and orthodox design. As production was both late in starting and slow in being carried out, by 1942 only 226 of the 240 ordered had been delivered. This meant that older, obsolete AA guns had to be kept in service even though their efficacy was minimal, and also that its production continued in parallel with the newer and better performing Cannone da 90/53. In addition to the mobile modello 34, a static mount, called the Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 40 was produced. Production of the model was also slow and only 45 of the 240 ordered were delivered.[1]
Assigned both to field units and to batteries protecting the Italian territory, it was also used on the Eastern front and in the Tunisian Campaign as an anti-tank gun (in which capacity it was also fitted to the Semovente da 75/46 self-propelled gun). Its performance was considered good in both roles, especially in the latter, with its AP shell that could pierce Script error: No such module "convert". of armor at Script error: No such module "convert".),[2] but it was never available in numbers.
After the Italian Armistice, the Wehrmacht captured and employed some of these guns, with modello 34 guns receiving the designation 7.5 cm Flak 264/3(i) , while modello 40 guns were given the designation 7.5 cm Flak 264/4(i)
See also
- Italian Army equipment in World War II
- Cannone da 90/53 - another contemporary Italian anti-aircraft gun
References
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Bibliography
- Artillery by Chris Chant, published by Amber Books, Template:ISBN
- The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, Barnes and Noble Ltd. (1998), Template:ISBN