KwK39 anti-tank gun

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German anti-tank gun KWK 39
Caliber: 50 mm
Range: 6500m
Manufactureion: Rheinmetall-Borsig Dusseldorf 1942

Improvised defense gun, originally intended for arming armored vehicles. (Kampfwagen Kanone) Part of a set of a dozen artillery pieces of various calibers (50, 75 and 88 mm. Placed approximately where it is today in a tobruk. It was put out of action on the morning of June 6, 1944. Probably the only one of its type currently on D-Day sites, and doomed inexorably to destruction by marine corrosion. It was treated and renovated in early 1994.
It is a very important part of Courseulles' historical heritage linked to the 1939-1945 conflict.

Stele text:German anti-tank gun KWK 39 Caliber: 50 mm Range: 6500m Manufactureion: Rheinmetall-Borsig Dusseldorf 1942 Improvised defense gun, originally intended for arming armored vehicles. (Kampfwagen Kanone) Part of a set of a dozen artillery pieces of various calibers (50, 75 and 88 mm. Placed approximately where it is today in a tobruk. It was put out of action on the morning of June 6, 1944. Probably the only one of its type currently on D-Day sites, and doomed inexorably to destruction by marine corrosion. It was treated and renovated in early 1994. It is a very important part of Courseulles' historical heritage linked to the 1939-1945 conflict.