I have built a GAZ-AA and thought I would build a Soviet AT Gun to go behind it. I have an ICM 45 mm AT Gun and a Tamiya 37 mm in my stash and to start with the ICM kit is not very accurate, so I thought I would create an earlier 37 MM AT Gun that the Soviets built under licence as the 37 mm Model 30, which is very similar to the German gun but has the breach block that looks to open vertically. The only question is over the wheels. Did the Model 30 ever get GAZ-AA type wheels< I could use the ICM spoked wheels but they need thinning?
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Hey mate, welcome to the forums!
Although the 37mm guns were pretty much identical (to the point that the ammunition was interchangeable!), their carriages were very different. The Soviet 37-mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) used unsprung wooden wheels, unsuitable for high-speed vehicle towing, and were instead towed by horses or slower vehicles like this T-27:
Model accuracy issues aside, I feel like your ICM 45mm will look more at home behind a GAZ-AA unless some well-meaning Commissar is behind the wheel and demonstrating to his privates that the wooden carriage will hold together by Stalin’s Will and its loyalty to the Party…
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Welcome to the forum LarryH57! I can’t wait to see you completed project.
Here is the GAZ-AA waiting for an AT Gun to tow. My reference books at least show several Soviet 37 mm AT Guns with wire wheels and I have an idea that some got GAZ-AA type wheels later.
Regards
Larry
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Out of interest Larry, how are you telling the difference between the guns?
I’m not sure if it’s a case of misidentification or a design change between production runs, but I’m seeing two different barrels in use by PaK 3.7cm - One type which has a smooth taper around the midlength of the barrel, and the other which has a bevel
Smooth Taper
Chamfered
Incidentally I came across this gun in my search which has the GAZ wheels, but it might be a 45mm M1932 19-K since I’m not familiar with the 37mm guns having that slight thickening at the muzzle
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