Re: Soviet captured weapons in German service
Posted: Sat Jun 21, 2025 10:50 pm
I don't know enough to have a firm opinion, but the the last post of the last link contradicts this.Denniss wrote: Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:59 pm With Beutenummer it was a mostly unchanged russian gun, FK36/39 were still using the original ammo but had multiple modifications to the carriage. Pak36/39 had a bored-out chamber to accept the longer Pak 40 ammo but that ammo had to be modified to fit into this gun (the driving bands were a tad wider to fit into the larger caliber barrel). Further gun modification was a muzzle break and stronger recoil mechanism
The last page in general seems to be relevant.