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Tango0106 Aug 2019 9:07 p.m. PST

"Although relatively primitive, the First World War tank had shown what an important weapon it could be, and after a surprisingly long wait countries began to develop the concept further, and of course also began to consider what weapons might be used to defend against them. Anti-tank rifles could penetrate a tank but often did little damage, so by the 1930s a number of countries were developing anti-tank guns that could seriously damage a target. Poland recognised the need for such a weapon, and chose to make under licence a copy of the Bofors 37mm gun. This was an excellent weapon, and first started to be issued to Polish units in early 1937, including one to each cavalry regiment. By 1939 this had risen to four per regiment, and a full-strength Polish cavalry brigade (normally made up of four regiments) could number 18 such guns, including those for other units attached to the brigade…."

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Mark 1 Supporting Member of TMP16 Aug 2019 3:46 p.m. PST

Might be worth noting that this same gun was used by the Romanians in the early war period, and by the British in the French campaign (limited numbers) and the early phases of the western desert campaign.

Not my scale, but definitely a gun I can appreciate.

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(aka: Mk 1)

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