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The 45 mm anti-tank gun model 1937 was a light quick-firing anti-tank
gun used in the early stage of WW2.
It was created by Soviet artillery designer M.N. Loginov in 1936.
The 53-K was essentially an improved version 19-K anti-tank gun
mounted on a 37 mm 1-K anti-tank gun chassis, which was a licensed copy of the 3.7 cm Pak 36.
It was developed to be using more modern ammunition and would have had an improved semi-automatic breech, sight,
firing button and suspension.

Production of the gun would start in 1938 until 1943, with a total of 37,354 units built.

For it's time the 53-K had great anti-armor capabilities it allowed crews to successfully combat any early tank.
Early models of the Panzer III and Panzer IV could also be
knocked out at close range, but because of the limited crew protection the
model 1937 would be replaced by the longer-barreled M-42 in 1942.

In addition to serving in the Red Army, 53-K guns
were also supplied to Republican Spain and were used by the International
Brigades in the British Anti-tank Battery of the XV Brigade.

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