i have a pak 36 37mm anti gun complete with all extras all marked 42 43 : one anti tank sight one artillery sight one engineers chest with all oilers tools and spare parts ,ten rounds ammo can frontal plate cleaning equipment travel chest ,breach cover and best of all its got its original whermacht grey paint under a green cover that ia m going to find away to remove ( the grey should be firmly eloctrolisis aplide i believe and the green just sprayed on)
p.s. i would post pic but dont know how to go to a url and it wont let me browse thru my pictures??*&)%&^$
if you look in the photos you can see the field grau under the green paint .
if any body has any ideas on to remove of of paint iwould like to here .
should be possible as the grau was aplied electriliously and the green just sprayed on ,im thinking a steamer might work??
i have a pak 36 37mm anti gun complete with all extras all marked 42 43
Amazing pictures and item. Thank you for sharing them.
It is a dream of mine to be able to own a 3.7cm Pak one day but you just never see them for sale.
Do you know any of the history of yours?
If it was mine I would be extremely careful about any paint removal. I have no knowledge in that department but I see a lot of red primer showing also.
good question
the pack was sold to th swedes and painted green during the war i do believe and then jump to the 60s when it was imported with all extras and 100 live rounds for the amazing price of 360 dollars ( i have a copie of the add)
a man , then a guy in michigan bought two in te 80s and after selling one and unable to sell the other i called him to ask general info questions and he basicly said if i come and get it i can buy it for a resonable price
good question
the pack was sold to th swedes and painted green during the war i do believe and then jump to the 60s when it was imported with all extras and 100 live rounds for the amazing price of 360 dollars ( i have a copie of the add)
a man , then a guy in michigan bought two in te 80s and after selling one and unable to sell the other i called him to ask general info questions and he basicly said if i come and get it i can buy it for a resonable price
It is always good to know the history of something in a collection and the story of your Pak is fascinating.
If the green paint is original war period I would be reluctant to remove it. For a start you will lose the yellow numbers and you could do long term damage if water is forced into sealed areas. The other thing to consider is you have no idea how much of the grey is still present.
SWEET!!! .. I always love seeing these in personal collections here in the US. My question is How did you get it here in Live condition? Why I ask is many years ago (close to 20 yrs) when I was re enacting , commander purchaced and imported about 7 of these he got from Finland but the breeches had to be cut off and a hole cut into the bottom of the barrel in order to bring them into CA.
We restored one for re enacting and I know he sold one to a group in AZ back then. Don't know what happened to the rest of them since I've not had contact with him in over several years.
Looks like yours might have been Chec or Finnish Post War
my pak
Very Nice!
Thats one way to keep the neighbors kids out of the yard!!
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