Polish 37 mm "Bofors" anti-tank gun

 

Polish 37 mm Bofors antitank gun (wz.36) of the Swedish production at the firing position against the tanks of the Nazi Panzerwaffe and Bolshevik’s armored hordes.

37 mm Bofors the Swedish gun were exported to various countries, including and Poland. In Poland, the gun had a designation wz.36. 300 guns were purchased by Poles in Sweden and several hundred were produced on SMPzA military factory (Stowarzyszenie Mechanikow Polski z Ameryki) in Pruszków (under license, acquired in 1936), some of which were exported to other countries. By the beginning of WWII Polish Army had 1,200 such guns.

The Germans captured 621 of the Polish 37mm Bofors gun ( wz.36) in 1939 and took it to the Nazi Wehrmacht under the designation 3,7 cm Pak 36(p).

 

 

Location: Poland
Time taken: September 1939

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