25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun
| canon de 25 mm SA mle 1934 | |
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The 25 mm SA mle 1934 anti-tank gun at Saumur Armour Museum. | |
| Type | Anti-tank gun |
| Place of origin | France |
| Service history | |
| Used by | France Nazi Germany (captured) United Kingdom Italy(captured) Finland Romania Republican Spain |
| Wars | Spanish Civil War Winter War World War II Indochina War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Hotchkiss |
| Designed | 1934 |
| Manufacturer | Hotchkiss |
| No. built | 6,000 |
| Variants | See variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 480 kg (1,060 lb) (modèle 1934) |
| Barrel length | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 caliber (L/72) |
| Crew | 4 |
| Shell | 25 × 193.5 mm R, AP |
| Shell weight | 320 g (0.71 lb) |
| Caliber | 25 mm (0.98 in) |
| Carriage | Split-trail |
| Elevation | -5° to +21° |
| Traverse | 60° |
| Rate of fire | 15–20 rounds/min |
| Muzzle velocity | 918 m/s (3,012 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 1 km (3,300 ft) |
| Maximum firing range | 1.8 km (1.1 mi) |
The 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun was a French anti-tank gun from the 1930s, built by the Hotchkiss arsenal, that saw service in the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the Indochina War.
Light and mobile, it could be improvised into a portée weapon by its users.