3,7cm KPÚV vz. 34

The 3,7 cm KPÚV vz. 34 () (designated 3,7 cm PaK 34(t) in German service) was an anti-tank gun produced by the Å koda Works in Czechoslovakia. Å koda's own designation for it was A3. It is not known if guns seized by Germany after the occupation of Bohemia-Moravia saw service in World War II. Slovakia acquired 113 when it declared independence from Czechoslovakia in March 1939.

It was designed to a Czech Army requirement to penetrate of armor at in 1934. It also fired a HE shell out to a maximum range of . The gun had a small shield and wooden-spoked wheels, although some were fitted with pneumatic wheels.

ÚV vz. 34 tank gun

The ÚV vz. 34 fired a armor-piercing shell at a velocity of . The vz.34 comprised the main armament of a number of Czech/German armored vehicles.

Armored vehicles:

• T-32 (Å -I-D) - Czech tank-destroyer.
• LT vz. 34 - Czech light-tank.
• LT vz. 35/Panzer 35(t) - Czech/German light-tank.

Performance

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Another source quotes penetration of a vertical plate of thick armor at .

See also

• Weapons of Czechoslovakia interwar period

Notes

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