| 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 | |
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At the Panzermuseum Munster |
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| Type | Infantry support gun |
| Place of origin | Nazi Germany |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Nazi Germany |
| Production history | |
| Number built | 1,304 |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 510 kg (1,100 lb) |
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| Shell | 5.45 kg (12.0 lb) |
| Caliber | 75 mm (2.95 in) |
| Elevation | −5° to +24° |
| Traverse | 60° |
| Muzzle velocity | 280 m/s (920 ft/s) (common) 395 m/s (1,300 ft/s) (anti-tank) |
| Maximum range | 5,150 m (5,630 yd) |
The 7.5 cm Infanteriegeschütz 37 (7.5 cm IG 37) was an infantry support gun, used by Germany, during World War II. The guns were originally designated 7.5 cm PaK 37. The IG 37s were manufactured, beginning in late 1944, from carriages of 3.7 cm PaK 35/36s (and the nearly identical Soviet 3.7 cm PaK 158(r)) and a barrel designed originally for the IG 42 infantry support gun. As an anti-tank weapon it used a hollow charge shell with 0.5 kg of explosives to penetrate up to 85 mm with a v0 of 395 m/s. The first 84 guns were delivered in June 1944. By the end of the war 1,304 guns were operational.