RPM 35040 TKD with 47mm Gun POCISK - Polish tankette

The gun wz.25 Pocisk was a Polish, prototype 47mm infantry support gun from the interwar period. Its prototypes were made between 1924 and 1928, and the weapon never entered mass production. Probably no more than 10 examples of this weapon were created. The initial velocity of the high-impact projectile oscillated around 365 m / s, and the rate of fire was up to 16 rounds per minute, with a maximum range of 6,500 meters.

The gun wz.25 was created in connection with a competition announced by the Polish Army in 1924 for a new light cannon for the Polish infantry. The gun was developed by Zakłady Amuniccyjne "Pocisk" SA with its seat in Warsaw. The work on it lasted a very short time, but despite this, a gun was created with not bad for those times ballistic parameters, relatively light, and above all, of a size conducive to camouflage in field conditions. Despite the advantages of the weapon, the Polish Army decided not to purchase larger batches, as the demand for 55 mm guns changed relatively quickly. Despite the interest of foreign buyers (including Finland or the Netherlands), the export of these weapons was not carried out.