Towed AT guns were often operated by infantry formations, they were very small and easy to conceal, and they were quite popular at the beginning of the war. However, as the war progressed, they fell out of favor due to their increasing size, and thus logistical problems in their use
United States, 1939-1944 (165MB download, please be patient!) What is almost more important that destroying the tanks, is finding them in the first place. Half of any battle, land, sea, or air, is recon. If you can find the enemy early, you can dig trenches, prepare defenses, lay AT mines, and ready Artillery. Recon is […]
United States, 1940-1945 (66MB download, please be patient!) The M3 37mm Anti Tank gun was the main anti tank gun for the US Armed Forces in the beginning of the war. It was very effective early on due to its high penetration compared to its contemporaries. It also was notable due to it having canister […]
United Kingdom, 1936-1945 Click to open 3D view, 152MB QF 2-Pounder 3D Model #1 – American Heritage Museum Scan, 2023 (52MB download, please be patient!) QF 2-Pounder 3D Model #2 – Mark II Tripod Carriage The QF 2 Pounder was Britains AT gun for the first part of the war. The QF part of its […]
Japan, 1931-1945 ( 128MB download, please be patient!) Artillery, like all other arms, has a place in anti-tank warfare. Artillery often carry high explosive shells that can punch through the top armor of tanks through pure explosive force, however modern artillery pieces often have dedicated warheads to deal with tanks. In anti-tank warfare, artillery engages […]
United States, 1943-1945 (500MB download, please be patient!) The M5 3-inch AT gun was a gun looking for a branch to use it. Earlier AT guns like the 57mm M1 and the 37 mm M3 were attached the the infantry, 3 to a company, but the infantry found it too big and heavy to operate, […]
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 […]