HC Deb 16 March 1943 vol 387 c1050W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Secretary of State for War when the German Mark IV tank, equipped with a 76-mm. gun, firing a 14-pound shell, with effective range of 3,000, was first used against our forces in Egypt and Libya?

Sir J. Grigg

The hon. Member is doubtless referring to the 7.5 cm. gun which has been the main armament of the German Mark IV tank since the beginning of the war. An improved version of this gun was fitted to a proportion of these tanks and was encountered in action for the first time in September of last year.