C&R · IV · 068
7.5cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun
Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 83 ↗
German, 7.5cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun (75mm).
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1942–1945.
- INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).
Editorial facts · Our research
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 83 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: High · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “7.5 cm Pak 40” ↗, maker: infobox designer and manufacturer Rheinmetall-Borsig AG
- 2. Wikipedia, “7.5 cm Pak 40” ↗, action: towed anti-tank gun with a semi-automatic horizontal sliding-block breech (an artillery piece, no small-arms action): Other
- 3. Wikipedia, “7.5 cm Pak 40” ↗, years: infobox production date 1942–1945; 'The first production guns were delivered in February 1942'
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Heeresgeschichtliches Museum Wien 7,5cm PaK 40.jpg” by Stefan97, CC BY-SA 4.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “7.5 cm Pak 40”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The 7.5 cm Pak 40 was a German 75 millimetre anti-tank gun of the Second World War.