The RPG-7 is a very cheap, very simple, Anti Tank Rocket Launcher. It is the last line of defense for an infantry platoon as it is a comparatively short range weapon. It is designed to use a charge to push the rocket out of the barrel, and then a sustainer motor to carry it further […]
Germany, 1942-1945 75MM PAK 40 3D Scan #1, American Heritage Museum, 2023 (125MB download, please be patient!) 75MM PAK 40 3D Model #2, split trail carriage
Germany, 1936-1945 (209MB download, please be patient!) The 37mm PaK 36 was the German AT gun at the beginning of the war. While it was initially effective at taking out enemy threats, they ran into trouble when faced with heavier British, American, and Soviet tanks. Despite this they were still used, although they were equipped […]
Germany, 1942-1945 (312 download, please be patient!) The Nazis in WW2 did not have a lot of resources, so throughout the war they often reused captured materials instead of building their own. This can also be seen in the design of the Hetzer. This design is based off of the gun-shield and chassis of the […]
France, 1934-1954 The Hotchkiss 25mm AT gun was France’s main AT gun during the Fall of France (1940). Compared to other contemporary AT guns, the gun had a rather small calibre (25mm) as opposed to the more common 37mm. The shell had a very high velocity and could penetrate a flat 40mm plate at 500 […]
Germany 1939-1945 (358MB download, please be patient!) The 88mm Flak 18 is a weapon with quite the reputation. Early in the war when Nazi forces ran into allied heavy armor, it was one of the few weapons that could deal with that armor. However, being an AAA gun, the gun was very tall, hard to […]
United States 1963-Present – Vietnam War The M72 Law is the US’s analog to the RPG-7. It is cheap and everywhere. It too uses the same HEAT system as in the RPG-7. However, there is one big difference, that being that the M72 LAW is disposable. This means that once you fire the weapon, you […]
Germany 1940-1945 (Please be patient! 375 MB download!) The Stug III did not start out as a Tank Destroyer. It was initially armed with a short barreled infantry support gun in order to serve as an assault gun. Its job was to move up with the infantry and help them deal with anything slowing them […]
United States, 1941-1944 (150MB Download, please be patient!) M3 GMC was the first widely used TD by Tank Destroyer Force. It mounted an M1897, the same gun as on the PaK 97/38. This gun was actually slightly weaker than the gun mounted on the Sherman, the main US tank at the time. Eventually the M3 […]
Germany 1940-1945 The Pak 38 was produced because of the imminent obsolescence of the then-common Pak 36. It had greater penetration then the Pak 36, and was able to penetrate Soviet T-34 tanks at very close range, and it could penetrate the KV-1 with APCR rounds (Armor Piercing Composite Ridged has a hard core and […]