| 47 mm AT gun SA-37 47 mm APX anti-tank gun 47mm Schneider SA-L 37 | |
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| General Historical Information | |
| Place of origin: | France |
| Category: | Anti-Tank gun |
| Used by: |
France |
| Debut in FHSW: | Debut in FH mod |
| Passengers: | 1 or 2 |
| Calibre: | 47mm |
| Ammunition: | ↑ AP ↓ HE |
| Elevation: | -13° to+ 16.5° |
| Traverse: | 68° |
| Rate of Fire: | 14 rpm |
| Mobile: | Yes |
| Position 1: | Driver or gunner |
| Position 2: |
Gunner |
| Historical Picture | |
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The best of the French anti-tank guns
was the Canon de 46 antichar SA mie
1937, a design that originated with the
Atelier de Puteaux, It was developed
in a great hurry and introduced into
service once the French army had
been provided with indications of the
armour thickness of the German
PzKpfw IV tank, Considering the rush
with which the mie 1937 was developed
it was an excellent anti-tank
weapon and one of the best in service
anywhere in 1939. The main trouble for
the French army was that there were
not enough of them to hand during the
events of May 1940.
The mie 1937 was introduced into
limited service in 1938, but the main
production run was in 1939. The type
was issued to French artillery batteries
operating in support of army divisions
and brigades, and was operated in
batteries, each battery having six
guns. They were capable of penetrating the
armour of any tank likely to be put into
action against them.
May and June 1940 saw the bulk of the French mie 1937s pass into German hands, The Germans regarded the mie 1937 very highly, for many of their tanks had suffered from the striking power of the gun, and after 1940 they used the mie 1937 widely as the 4.7-cm Pak 141(f); the gun was still in service when the Allies landed in Normandy in June 1944. Before that the Germans had also used the mie 1937 to arm many of their early Panzerjäger (tank hunter) conversions produced by removing the turrets from captured French tanks and replacing them with anti-tank guns on open mountings.
AC 47[]
The AC 47 is a variant of the gun meant specifically to be mounted in an embrasure inside bunkers or casemate. The German equivalent is the 5 cm Kwk 39 which can be mounted in the same fashion. It is on rails which made it easy to move the gun in and out of the firing port and in some cases a machine gun mount was also on rails so it could be moved in as a alternative weapon. This feature is not useable so the gun is stuck in its position. The AC 47 is rare but can be found on the custom map Meigo Sakusen. It seems the AC47 did not exist in reality but functions in the game as a more powerful substitute for the 37 mm Model 1934 gun that was used in the casemates on the Maginot Line. This 37 mm gun is quite obscure, except for a prototype tank destroyer it was exclusively used in this role as the 47 mm gun that was introduced shortly after and was a better choice for armoured fighting vehicles.
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