AC 47 anti-tank gun
The AC 47 was a French anti-tank gun of 47 mm calibre. It was principally used in the ouvrages and casemates of the Maginot Line in the late 1930s; another version was created for naval use. AC stands for anti-char, char being French for "tank".
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The AC 47 was a French anti-tank gun of 47 mm calibre. It was principally used in the ouvrages and casemates of the Maginot Line in the late 1930s; another version was created for naval use. AC stands for anti-char, char being French for "tank".
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The AC 47 was principally used as a defensive weapon, since its portability was intentionally limited to prevent the weapon from being turned on defending troops if a fortification was captured.
![For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Werke der Maginotlinie südl. des Pfälzer Waldes [....?] westlich Rohrbach. 4,7 cm Pak-Scharte an der linken Seite Juli 1940](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1986-039-33%2C_Maginotlinie%2C_Pak-Scharte.jpg/797px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1986-039-33%2C_Maginotlinie%2C_Pak-Scharte.jpg)
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Werke der Maginotlinie südl. des Pfälzer Waldes [....?] westlich Rohrbach. 4,7 cm Pak-Scharte an der linken Seite Juli 1940
Schwally · Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1986-039-33 / Schwally / CC-BY-SA 3.0 · This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation
This file was uploaded with Commonist. A l'intérieur du Bloc 7 (entrée des munitions). Le canon antichar de 47mm est en retrait, le jumelage de mitrailleuses est en place dans le créneau de tir. (HDR).
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• Name — AC 47 • Origin — France • Type — Anti-tank • Is Ranged — yes • Is Artillery — yes • Service — 1930s–1940s • Used By — France • Wars — World War II • Variants — Naval • Caliber — 47 mm (1.85 in) • Rate — 20 rounds per minute • Velocity — 900 m/s
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• Length of the tube: 2.52 m (8.26 ft) • Rifling: 16, right-handed • Penetration: At an incidence of 30° it could penetrate 77 mm of armour at 500 metres and 56 mm at 1000 metres.
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The circumstances in which AC 47 anti-tank gun stands. Índice de bibiliografía hípica española y portuguesa / catalogada alfabéticamente por orden de autores y por orden títulos de las obras. Bibliotecas de palacio, nacional, de la Escuela de veterinaria de Madrid, de los duques de Medinaceli y Veragua, de D. L'imprimerie au Liban / P.J. AC 47 anti-tank gun was manufactured by Atelier de Construction de Puteaux. Recorded as a kind of fortress artillery. Works and catalogued output.
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- 1.Description et schéma détaillés du 47 mm AC modèle 1934 sur le Site atlantik-wahl.com
- 2.soit 53 667 euros environ (Source)
- 3.Fiche du Canon antichar de 47 mm modèle 1934 sur le site du Wiki de la ligne maginot
- 4.Cet obus n'a été livré qu'avant la guerre. Auparavant, les pièces étaient approvisionnées avec les anciennes cartouches de marine, modèle 1902, moins puissantes, cf. .
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- La Muraille de France ou la ligne Maginot. Éditions G. Klopp. 1988. 2-911992-61-X.
- Stéphane Ferrard, France 1940 l'armement terrestre, ETAI, 1998 .
- Hommes et ouvrages de la ligne Maginot. éditions Histoire & collections. 2000. 2-908182-88-2.
- Hommes et ouvrages de la ligne Maginot. Histoire et collections. 2001. 2-908182-97-1.
- Hommes et ouvrages de la ligne Maginot. Histoire et collections. 2003. 2-913903-88-6.
- Hommes et ouvrages de la ligne Maginot. Histoire & collections. 2009. 978-2-915239-46-1.
- Hommes et ouvrages de la ligne Maginot. Histoire & collections. 2009. 978-2-35250-127-5.
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