page_title: BK 3,7
hierarchical_section_title: BK 3,7
caption_attribution_description: Information added by Wikimedia users.English: Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber with 3.7 cm anti-tank guns under the wings. The aircraft, Hans-Ulrich Rudel's, is being started with a hand crank Français&#160;: Un Junkers Ju 87G Stuka armé de canons antichars Bordkanone de 37 mm sous les ailes, sur un aérodrome en Union soviétique occupée, en cours de démarrage à l'aide d'une manivelle. Il s'agit de l'avion de l'as allemand Hans-Ulrich Rudel. Ainsi armé, le Ju 87 était surnommé le Kanonenvogel, «&#160;l'oiseau canon&#160;».
context_page_description: The Bordkanone 3,7 was a German 3.7 cm anti-tank/bomber autocannon of World War II and based on the earlier 3.7 cm Flak 18 made by Rheinmetall.
  It was mounted on Luftwaffe aircraft such as the Junkers Ju 87 G-1 and G-2; Henschel Hs 129B-2/R3; Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2/R1-3; Junkers Ju 88P-2 or P-3 and others. The cannon could be attached under the wings or the fuselage of the aircraft as self-contained gun pods with 12-round magazines. It fired Armour Piercing Composite Rigid ammunition or high-explosive shells at 160 rounds per minute.
context_section_description: The Bordkanone 3,7 (BK 3,7) ("on-board cannon 3.7") was a German 3.7 cm (1.46 in) anti-tank/bomber autocannon of World War II and based on the earlier 3.7 cm (1.46 in) Flak 18 made by Rheinmetall. 
  It was mounted on Luftwaffe aircraft such as the Junkers Ju 87 G-1 and G-2; Henschel Hs 129B-2/R3; Messerschmitt Bf 110G-2/R1-3; Junkers Ju 88P-2 or P-3 and others. The cannon could be attached under the wings or the fuselage of the aircraft as self-contained gun pods with 12-round magazines. It fired Armour Piercing Composite Rigid (APCR, Tungsten-cored) ammunition or high-explosive shells at 160 rounds per minute.
caption: Hans-Ulrich Rudel's Junkers Ju 87G, with twin BK 3,7 gun pods attached to the underside of the wings, in Russia 1943.
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