SA38 L/33 (37 mm)

Description

The 37 mm SA38 L/33 is a French tank cannon.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

It is a variant of the SA18 L/21 cannon. It has overall improvements in the penetration and shell types from its predecessor. It does however sacrifice the reload speed, but is overall a worthy sacrifice.

Available ammunition

The only shell this cannon can fire is the 37 mm Mle1938 APC. The shell is effective in close quarters combat, but suffers at range.

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
Ammunition	Type of warhead	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Mle1938	APC	54	50	36	24	16	11

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	0%	50%	100%
Mle1938	APC	705	0.7	-	-	-	48°	63°	71°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

The cannon is effective at close quarters combat, however suffers at range. It has decent velocity, accuracy and has a relatively fast reload. This cannon is best used in close quarter combat against light tanks. It can engage medium tanks frontally, but only at close range. It is recommended that you only engage lightly-armoured tanks at range.

Pros and cons

Pros:

Short reload time

Cons:

Poor ranged performance
Single ammo choice

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France tank cannons
20 mm	20F2
25 mm	SA35 L/72
37 mm	SA18 L/21 · SA38 L/33
47 mm	SA34 L/30 · SA35 L/32 · SA37
75 mm	APX · APX Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 · SA35 L/17 · SA44 · SA49 · SA50 L/57
90 mm	D.911 APX · CN90 F2 · CN90 F3 · CN90 F4 · D915 · DEFA F1 · SA45 · SA47
100 mm	SA47 L/58
105 mm	CN-105-F1 · Giat 105 G2 · Modele F2 · PzK M57
120 mm	GIAT CN120-25 G1 · GIAT CN120-26 F1 · SA46
142 mm	ACRA
155 mm	GCT F1 · Schneider 155 C · L'Obusier de 155 Modèle 1950
	Foreign:
15 mm	MG 151 ^(Germany)
20 mm	MG 151 ^(Germany)
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 ^(USA)
37 mm	M6 ^(USA)
40 mm	Bofors L/60 · QF 2-pounder ^(Britain)
75 mm	KwK42 ^(Germany) · M3 ^(USA) · M6 ^(USA)
76 mm	M7 ^(USA)
90 mm	M3 ^(USA)
105 mm	M4 ^(USA)