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  • Dutch Rheinmetall light calibre guns
    • (Login David_Reasoner)
      Posted Dec 30, 2006 3:33 AM

      Thank you very much for compiling and posting such a companion. As is always the case, however, it brings additional questions to mind. Mine include:

      Is it known how many 3.7cm Pak35/36 were purchased by the Dutch, and which units (if any) were issued them in 1940?

      In the old Arco Fact File, Anti-Tank Weapons, by Peter Chamberlain and Terry Gander, it is stated that the Dutch actually purchased a small number of Rheinmetall 4.7cm PAK, and that the Germans reused captured examples as the 4.7cm Pak 188(h). Does anyone know the exact quantity of weapons involved? Did any see operational service with the Dutch Army?

      Likewise, how many Rheinmetall 3.7cm AA guns were acquired, and were they used operationally?

      Thanks again for posting and sharing your valuable information. The illustrations on even the old 3.7cm and 5cm naval weapons are much appreciated. Lastly, I was not aware of the AAC connection to the KNIL Brandt 47mm mortar. I suppose it reasonable to assume the AAC weapon of the same calibre offered to the Bolivians during the Chaco War was similar, if not identical.

      David
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