Pak 35/36 Anti-tank Gun

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  • Note: prior to card revision, this unit was originally a reprint of a Base Set unit called PAK 38 Anti-tank Gun. The Base Set mini is still in the game as a PAK 38. This unit's stats and name were changed to Pak 35/36 Antitank Gun.
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Germany, Soldier - Artillery, 1939

ATT inf 3/3/3
ATT veh 9/7/5
Cost 5 points
Def 3/3
Speed 0

Relocate 2
This unit has speed 2 during your assault phase.

Light Artillery
This unit can be carried by units with the transport ability.

Set - Rarity - Number

Eastern Front - Common - 39/60

Historical Background:

During the May 1940 Western Campaign, the Pak 36, being a small-calibre weapon, was found to be inadequate against allied tanks like the British Mk.II Matilda, and the French Char B1 and Somua S35. Still, the gun was effective against the most common light tanks, such as the R35 during the Battle of France, where the Char Bs and Matildas represented but a small fraction of the total number of AFVs. In June 1941, the Soviet forces consisted of 10,661 T-26, 2,987 T-37/38/40/50s, 59 T-35, 442 T-28, 7,659 BT, 957 T-34, and 530 KV for a combined total of approximately 23,295 tanks. Thus, during the initial phases of Operation Barbarossa the Pak 36 could still penetrate the armor of the majority of Soviet AFVs at ranges up to 1000m from the front, with the notable exception of the T-28s and T-35s which it could only penetrate at under 100m. The Pak 36 could not penetrate the armor of the T-34s and KVs.

By late 1941, however, the widespread introduction of Soviet medium tanks quickly erased the gun's effectiveness; miserable performance against the T-34 on the Eastern Front led to the Pak 36 being nicknamed HeeresanklopfgerÀt (literally "army door-knocking device"), for its inability to produce any effect on the T-34 aside from notifying the tank of its presence by futilely bouncing rounds off its armor (regardless of the angle or distance).

- Source: Wikipedia

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