Italian Bohler 47mm L70

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Does anyone know Bohler 47mm L70?
In WW2,Bohler 47mm L32 M1935 was famous,but according to some articles,47mm L32 couldn't be used well against tanks in the war,so Bohler designed L55,even...L70
I failed to find its data.
 
Boer van Seven said:
Does anyone know Bohler 47mm L70?
In WW2,Bohler 47mm L32 M1935 was famous,but according to some articles,47mm L32 couldn't be used well against tanks in the war,so Bohler designed L55,even...L70
I failed to find its data.
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Might the development actually have been by Boehler's Italian licensee?
 
DWG said:
Might the development actually have been by Boehler's Italian licensee?
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Italy has the production license, but they couldn't produced L70,only L32 according to existing records.
The original company should be Austria.Maybe I made a mistake.
 
BTW, the august 2021 "Storia Militare Briefing" monograph is about the 47/32 gun:

https://www.edizionistoriamilitare.it/la-piu-diffusa-rivista-italiana-di-storia-militare/

It is written by Filippo Cappellano and Daniele Guglielmi.
Inside there are about 200 photographs, diagrams and original docs.
I do not know if there are info about the L55 or L70 versions.
It is not one of my military interests, so I will not buy the book, but if I found a copy in a library or bookshop I can browse it to check if there are info about the longer guns.
 
Temistocle said:
BTW, the august 2021 "Storia Militare Briefing" monograph is about the 47/32 gun:

https://www.edizionistoriamilitare.it/la-piu-diffusa-rivista-italiana-di-storia-militare/

It is written by Filippo Cappellano and Daniele Guglielmi.
Inside there are about 200 photographs, diagrams and original docs.
I do not know if there are info about the L55 or L70 versions.
It is not one of my military interests, so I will not buy the book, but if I found a copy in a library or bookshop I can browse it to check if there are info about the longer guns.
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I got a copy of the book, no mention about L55 or L70 versions from the Italian side, only info about

1) 1941 Ansaldo drawings of 47/46 and 47/52 versions (815 m/s initial speed, drawings not included in the book))
2) a 47/58 developed from 1941 by Ansaldo and tested in spring 1943 by the Army, but not accepted (the 75/22 was the final choice)
 

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