TankPorn is for all things Battle Tanks, Armored Fighting Vehicles, Armored Cars, Self-Propelled Guns and Support Vehicles affiliated. Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the PaK 44 (PanzerAbwehrKanone 44) model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible. 12.8cm PanzerAbwehrKanone 81/1 - K44 fitted to French GPF-T 4-wheeled carriage for German Army use.
Kanone 44 in travel modeAs is common at this time this weapon underwent several namechanges. At various times it was known as K44, Pak 44, Kanone 81,Pak 80 & Pjk 80.The equipment numbered in the 8x range were temporary equipmentissued usually in small numbers and not regarded as standard issueservice weapons. Hence Pak 80 and Pjk 80 were temporary names aswere K81/x.Had this equipment been accepted into full service it would havehad a Pak 4x designation attached.
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The only difference between Pak44 & K 44 were mode of operation the weapon itself wasidentical.There is some disagreement about the Pak 80 and Pjk 80designations with German and English sources disagreeing which iscorrect. Externallinks.References. Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. Weapons of the ThirdReich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery andSpecial Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945. New York:Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3. Hogg, Ian V. German Artillery of World War Two.
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2ndcorrected edition. Mechanicsville, PA: Stackpole Books, 1997 ISBN1-85367-480-X.