{"product_id":"pak-36","title":"PAK 36","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst to fight 1\/72\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSuomellakin käytössä ollut 37mm panssaritorjunta tykki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003ePak 36\u003c\/b\u003e (\u003ci\u003ePanzerabwehrkanone 36\u003c\/i\u003e) is a 3.7 cm \/ 37mm \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Caliber\" title=\"Caliber\"\u003ecaliber\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" title=\"Nazi Germany\"\u003eGerman\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-tank_gun\" title=\"Anti-tank gun\"\u003eanti-tank gun\u003c\/a\u003e used during the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_World_War\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Second World War\"\u003eSecond World War\u003c\/a\u003e. It was the main anti-tank weapon of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wehrmacht\" title=\"Wehrmacht\"\u003eWehrmacht\u003c\/a\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Panzerj%C3%A4ger\" title=\"Panzerjäger\"\u003ePanzerjäger\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e units until 1942. Developed by \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rheinmetall\" title=\"Rheinmetall\"\u003eRheinmetall\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e in 1933, it was first issued to the German \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heer_(Wehrmacht)\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Heer (Wehrmacht)\"\u003eArmy\u003c\/a\u003e in 1936, with 9,120 being available by the beginning of the war in September 1939 and a further 5,339 produced during the war. As the predominant anti-tank gun design in the world during the late 1930s, demand was high for the Pak 36, with another 6,000 examples produced for \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Export\" title=\"Export\"\u003eexport\u003c\/a\u003e and the design being copied by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Soviet_Union\" title=\"Soviet Union\"\u003eSoviet Union\u003c\/a\u003e as the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/45_mm_anti-tank_gun_M1932_(19-K)\" title=\"45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K)\"\u003e45 mm anti-tank gun M1932 (19-K)\u003c\/a\u003e and by other nations such as \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japanese_Empire\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Japanese Empire\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAskey201329_1-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3.7_cm_Pak_36#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAskey201329-1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e[\u003c\/span\u003e1\u003cspan class=\"cite-bracket\"\u003e]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt first saw service during the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spanish_Civil_War\" title=\"Spanish Civil War\"\u003eSpanish Civil War\u003c\/a\u003e in 1936, where it performed well against the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Light_tank\" title=\"Light tank\"\u003elight tanks\u003c\/a\u003e of the conflict. It was first used during the Second World War against \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invasion_of_Poland\" title=\"Invasion of Poland\"\u003ePoland\u003c\/a\u003e in 1939 and had little difficulty with any of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/7TP\" title=\"7TP\"\u003ePolish tanks\u003c\/a\u003e. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_France\" title=\"Battle of France\"\u003eBattle of France\u003c\/a\u003e in 1940 revealed its inadequate penetration capability against French and British heavier tanks, particularly the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Char_B1\" title=\"Char B1\"\u003eChar B1\u003c\/a\u003e, and especially the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matilda_II\" title=\"Matilda II\"\u003eMatilda II\u003c\/a\u003e, receiving the derisive nicknames \"\u003ci\u003eHeeresanklopfgerät\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\"army door-knocking device\") or \"\u003ci\u003ePanzerAnklopfKanone\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\"tank door-knocking cannon\") from its crews, but it sufficed to defeat the bulk of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allies_of_World_War_II\" title=\"Allies of World War II\"\u003eAllied\u003c\/a\u003e armor in the campaign. The \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Barbarossa\" title=\"Operation Barbarossa\"\u003einvasion\u003c\/a\u003e of the Soviet Union brought the Pak 36 face to face with large numbers of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/T-34\" title=\"T-34\"\u003eT-34\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/KV-1\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"KV-1\"\u003eKV-1\u003c\/a\u003e tanks, which were invulnerable to its fire. However, 91% of the Soviet tank forces in 1941 consisted of lighter types that lacked sufficient armor to defeat the gun, and the Pak 36 knocked out thousands of such tanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"First to Fight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58322738086272,"sku":"PL1939-022","price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/PL1939-022.jpg?v=1782278471","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/pak-36","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}