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From reading WW2 era US and German manuals on foreign weapons, and Wikipedia Italy ;) It seems certain that there were two types of 75mm EP shells (plus 2 types of 75mm EPS). The early EP hemispherical head type with m.36 fuse, and a later EP cone head type with m.41 fuse. I have not read if...

There is some very odd data for the 47/40 cannon around, re-copied on many pages on the internet! It gives 110mm penetration for EPS but also sometimes says 900m/s velocity. A clue what may be going on is there is mention of hard core ammunition. Germans did make PzGr.40 "Tungsten hard...

This is what I am using for my game in 2025, https://mysimtech.wordpress.com/panzer-elite-pc/ there has been alot of new data available since 2003 :) Unfortunately there is still alot of head scratching as to what is correct. I found USA manuals of enemy shells and German tests of some of these...

Yes the German document also complained it is easy for enemy to work out where Semovente 75/18 is due to its gun short range. The document also only mentions HE and AP type ammunition. Germans certainly knew HEAT name to use if the 75/18 they used had any. Which leads to question which town...

Thanks that is a treasure document. Of note is no mentions at all of HEAT rounds EP, EPS, even in October 1944 of this report! I did my own Google Translate.... ***** POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GERMAN DEPLOYMENT of SMV M.42 75/18 ******* Fast and manoeuverable Good cross country capability...