{"id":31,"date":"2023-03-27T05:20:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T05:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2023-05-02T06:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T06:47:00","slug":"pak38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"50MM PAK 38"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Germany 1940-1945<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div class='imgover'>\n    <div class='container'>\n    <style>\n        \/*[class^=\"icovrm-\"], [class*=\" icovrm-\"]  {*\/\n        [class^=\"icovrm-\"], [class*=\" icovrm-\"] {\n            color:#99CC99;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <i id='s1F' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-android-locate' ><\/i>\n    <i id='s1R' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-loop' ><\/i>\n    &nbsp;\n    <i id='s1Zu' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-arrow-up-b' ><\/i>\n    <i id='s1Zd' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-arrow-down-b' ><\/i>\n    &nbsp;\n    &nbsp;\n    <i id='s1FS' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-android-expand' ><\/i>\n    <!-- i id='s1FS' class='icovrm-img icon-ion-android-contract' ><\/i -->\n    <!-- i id='icovrm icon-refresh' 'icovrm icon-ion-desktop'><\/i -->\n    <div id='s1Spin'>\n        <img class='imgpreloader' src='https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/vrm360\/drag2spin.svg'>\n        <img class='imgpreloader' src='https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/vrm360\/ajax-loader.svg'\/>\n        <!-- changed svg viewBoxinside the svgs -->\n    <\/div>\n    <div id='s1S' class='s1' style='cursor:pointer;border: #D9D9D9; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; background-color: #D9D9D9'>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <script>\n    var autostart = false, backgcolor = '#D9D9D9', canvas_name = 's1';\n    var lightcolor = '#FFFFFF', light_intensity = 0.9, amb_lightcolor = '#9D9D9D', amb_light_intensity = 0.9;\n    var canvas_nameR = 's1R', canvas_nameFS = 's1FS', canvas_nameF = 's1F';\n    var canvas_nameS = 's1S', canvas_nameSpin = 's1Spin', canvas_nameM = 's1M';\n    var canvas_nameZu = 's1Zu', canvas_nameZd = 's1Zd', hide_cmds = 'zoom,fullscreen';\n    var model_url = 'https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/3d_scans\/pak38.fbx', aspect_ratio = '1.33333', initial_offset = '1.15', speed = '1.0';\n    var touchtime = 0, info_text = '', info_link = '', ground= false, ground_offset = 0.0;\n    var rx = 0.0, ry = 0.0, rz = 0.0, grid= false, back_image_url = '';\n    var lx = 2.0, ly = 2.0, lz = 10.0, isOnMobile = 'false';\n    var mesh_color = '#FF5533', ground_color = '#999999', debug_vrm = 'false';\n    <\/script>\n    <script src='https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/vrm360\/js\/main.js'\/><\/script>\n    \n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/pak38.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PAK38 Antitank Gun\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hflqaC-QqZw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pak 38 was produced because of the imminent obsolescence of the then-common <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=119\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"119\">Pak 36<\/a>. 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 soft outer layer, the soft layer piles away on impact, due to the uneven low density of the round penetration drops off very quickly). It was the basis of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ronanmcdonald.com\/?p=108\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"108\">Pak 97\/38<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany 1940-1945 The Pak 38 was produced because of the imminent obsolescence of the then-common Pak 36. 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