Panzerabwehrkanone

A Pak's weight is within the range of 229 kg to 10160 kg. The smallest caliber was 28 mm and the largest was 128 mm. Over the six-year course of World War II the armor of the tanks steadily improved, so the size of the projectile had to increase. A larger projectile required a heavier weapon. All of these guns were meant to be towed. The earlier ones were light enough to be moved by hand over short distances, into and out of their firing positions. Some variants were only used on self-propelled guns.

Pak variants • Designation — Produced (year) — Mass — Additional notes • 3.7 cm Pak 36 — 1928 — 327 kg • 4.7 cm Pak 181(f) — 1937 — 1070 kg — Captured French anti-tank gun (47mm SA mle 1937) • 5 cm Pak 38 — 1937 — 1000 kg • 4.7 cm Pak 38(t) — 1939 — 590 kg — Exclusively mounted on a tank destroyer • 2.8 cm sPzB 41 — 1941 — 229 kg — sPzB stands for schwere Panzerbüchse, literally "heavy anti-tank rifle" • 4.2 cm Pak 41 — 1941 — 560 kg • 7.5 cm Pak 97/38 — 1941 — 1190 kg • 7.5 cm Pak 40 — 1942 — 1425 kg • 7.5 cm Pak 41 — 1942 — 1390 kg • 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) — 1942 — 1710 kg — Captured Soviet anti-tank gun, modified to suit the needs of the German Army • 7.5 cm PaK 39 — 1943 — 1235 kg • 7.5 cm Pak 42 — 1943 — 1000 kg — Mounted on the Jagdpanzer IV and the Panther tank, although, on the latter, it is designated 7.5 cm KwK 42 • 8.8 cm Pak 43 — 1943 — 3650 kg • 12.8 cm Pak 44 — 1944 — 10160 kg • 8 cm PAW 600 — 1945 — 640 kg — High-pressure combustion chamber, delivered propellant gas to a light-weight barrel. PAW stands for Panzerabwehrwerfer, literally "anti-tank launcher."