Dragon, New Pak38, 5cm AT gun in three color Camo. 1/6th scale Background, 5 cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (L/60)) was a German anti-tank gun of 50 mm calibre. It was developed in 1938 by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG as a successor to the 37 mm PaK 36, and was in turn followed by the 75 mm PaK 40. In the summer of 1941 the German Army replaced its 37-mm antitank gun with the 50-mm, model 38. To date the 50-mm has proved one of the most effective antitank guns that the Germans have at their disposal. Armor-piercing projectiles fired in this gun weigh 4 pounds 9 ounces, and have been known to pierce the armor of British infantry and cruiser tanks as well as that of U.S. light and medium tanks. The gun has proved especially effective in jamming tank turrets by hits at the junction of the turret and hull. These hits fuze the metal of the two parts together and immobilize the turret. |