25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun

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The 25 mm SA mle 1934 anti-tank gun at Saumur Armour Museum.
TypeAnti-tank gun
Place of originFrance
Service history
Used byFrance France
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
 United Kingdom
 Italy
 Finland
Romania Romania[1]
Republican Spain
WarsSpanish Civil War
Winter War
World War II
Indochina War
Production history
Designed1934
ManufacturerHotchkiss
No. built6,000
VariantsSA-L mle 1935
SA-L mle 1937
Specifications
Mass480 kg (1,058 lbs)(modèle 1934)
Barrel length1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 caliber
Crew4

Shell25 × 193.5 mm R, AP
Shell weight320 g (.70 lbs)
Caliber25 mm (0.98 in)
CarriageSplit-trail
Elevation-5° to +21°[2]
Traverse60°
Rate of fire15–20 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity918 m/s (3,012 ft/s)
Effective firing range1 km (3,300 ft)
Maximum firing range1.8 km (1.1 mi)

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.

Light and mobile, it could be improvised into a portée weapon by its users.

  1. ^ American Military Institute, 1996, The Journal of Military History, Volume 60, p. 720
  2. ^ Chamberlain, Peter (1974). Anti-tank weapons. Gander, Terry. New York: Arco Pub. Co. p. 4. ISBN 0668036079. OCLC 1299755.

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