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Dear Sirs,
I am looking for information about German anti-tank cannon - prototype: 5cm Pak 2.06/835 (Skoda type SV4). The weapon was exhibited in 1976 in Aberdeen.

Where is he now?

Here it was just a couple of years ago at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Not completely sure where it is now... It may be in storage at APG - it was (at least initially) not destined for the new Ordnance Museum at Fort Lee (and I dont remember seeing it in the storage area there either). But another museum, like the Field Artillery Museum at Fort Sill, could have also easily claimed it...



Neil

Neil,
thanks for the photo and information. I attach essential technical data of this weapon.

5 cm anti-tank cannon with automatic charging, factory code: Skoda A13, or SV4

Technical data taken from a factory brochure No. 4498, issued: September 19, 1945.

Calibre: 50 mm
Weight in firing position: 1300 kg (2863.4 lb)
Weight along the way: 1350 kg (2973.6 lb)
Barrel length: 3010 mm (9 ft, 10.5 in), L/60
Firing height: 920 mm (3 ft, 0.22 in)
Recoil: 550 mm (1 ft, 9.65 in)
Elevation: -12° to +20°
Delivery: 65°

Shield of armour plate thickness: 2x 4.5 mm (2x 0.177 in)
Wheel track: 1520 mm (4 ft, 11.84 in)
Tyres: 6.50-20

Bullet weight: 2.06 kg (4.537 lb)
Muzzle velocity 835 m/sec. (2739.5 ft per sec.)
Muzzle energy: 7355 J (75 mt)
Rate of fire: 80 to 100 rounds per minute



P. S.
Skoda A15 - tank gun, had the same caliber and automatic charging.

well never seen that type of loading system used for an AT-gun

Only knew it from AA guns like the Bofors and German 37mm FlaK

Learned something new today

Michel