25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
The 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun was a French anti-tank gun from the 1930s, built by the Hotchkiss arsenal, that saw service in the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the Indochina War.
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The 25 mm SA mle 1934 anti-tank gun at Saumur Armour Museum. | |
| Type | Anti-tank gun |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| Used by | France Nazi Germany United Kingdom Italy Finland Romania Republican Spain |
| Wars | Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II Indochina War |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1934 |
| Manufacturer | Hotchkiss |
| No. built | 6,000 |
| Variants | SA-L mle 1935 SA-L mle 1937 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 480 kg (1,058 lbs)(modèle 1934) |
| Barrel length | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 caliber |
| Crew | 4 |
| Shell | 25 × 193.5 mm R, AP |
| Shell weight | 320 g (.70 lbs) |
| Caliber | 25 mm (0.98 in) |
| Carriage | Split-trail |
| Elevation | -5° to +21° |
| Traverse | 60° |
| Rate of fire | 15–20 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 918 m/s (3,012 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 1 km (3,300 ft) |
| Maximum firing range | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
Light and mobile, it could be improvised into a portée weapon by its users.
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