7,5cm Pak 51 - What is it?

[M8owner]

This has appeared on a US auction site. Can anyone supply any further information on its identification? The sellers says it is Swiss.

 

[Alpini]

The seller say the truth ;-) Swiss anti tank gun model 1951. Made by Munitionsfabrik Altdorf in 1975.

http://www.militaerfahrzeuge.ch/unterkategorie_13_10_46.html

 

[M8owner]

Is it the same size as the Panther tank Kwk 42 7,5cm shell case?

 

[orpheus72]

If i'm not mistaken the Pak51 was a 75x597R, the KwK42 was 75x640R

 

[enrico959]

Hi M8owner. The case 75x597R is the correct one for the French AMX-13 tank, known there as AMX-13/75 Modele 51. French cases can be marked CN 75 50

200 AMX-13 were purchased by Switzerland as Light Tank 51 (Leichter Panzer 51) between 1952 and 1954, and Switzerland produced its own ammunition.