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7.5cm L48 Pak ammo
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 - 08:06 AM UTC
I recently picked up Dragon's kit 6814, the Sd.Kfz. 234/4 with 7.5cm Pal L/48. The ammunition provided is the same short shells provided with the 234/3 7.5cm L/24 howitzer. This seems like a mistake since all other kits I've seen with the Pak 7.5 have considerably longer ammo. I feel llke I'm almost answering my own question here but was wondering if any could confirm this.
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 - 10:15 AM UTC
Yes, they are different. Note that the gun is Pak 40 L/46.

The KwK 51 L/24 used a 75x243 cartridge, that is, 243mm long, while the Pak 40 L/46 had a 75x716.

This is an excellent site about ammunition, although in German...
http://michaelhiske.de/Wehrmacht/Heer/Merkbl%C3%A4tterMun/StartSeite.htm

Direct link to data and photos of the KwK 51 ammo:
http://michaelhiske.de/Wehrmacht/Heer/HEER/HDv_481/Heft_057/Inhalt.htm
And for the PaK 40:
http://michaelhiske.de/Wehrmacht/Heer/HEER/HDv_481/Heft_077/Deckbl.htm
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2018 - 01:16 PM UTC
This kit (#6814) specifically says L48 and is a different kit from the kit (#6772) that has L46.
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Posted: Saturday, October 20, 2018 - 11:24 AM UTC
oh ok, I did not realize it was not the ordinary /4

I have not been able to find which type of ammunition used that gun. Can guess it is longer as well, as for the kwk, but can not know.
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