ANTITANK GUN LEAFLETS (PANZER BESCHUSSTAFEL)

[gricio]

Hi, I am quite new on this forum, and not an expert at all, but I'd like to share with you these intereresting documents. My father, when was a child, found these leaflets in Padova (Northern Italy) just after the german troops left the town, at the end of April 1945, (there were in piles lying outside former german barracks), and gave me a few years ago.
The leaflets I have are: 3,7 cm pak (2-2-1942 printed)
4,2 cm pak (2-2-1942 printed)
3,7 cm pak (20-1-1943 printed)
4,7 cm pak (20-1-1943 printed)

In the 1942 edition there are Soviet and British tanks, in the 1943 there are also USA tanks.
On the front page of two leaflets is printed the word “feld Ers-Btl 236”: I did a quick websearch finding that there was a Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 236 in Palmanova from early 1944..it's the same unit ? I'd like to know something more about this unit (just curious...), maybe someone can help me...
Since I don't understand german, I don't know the meaning of the last page text (looks like directions for the gunners) : anyone is so kind to translate them ?

Regards,
Gricio

The first leaflet (hope it works, open with Adobe Reader) http://yfrog.com/2m37421d
http://yfrog.com/0z37422d http://yfrog.com/4c37423d http://yfrog.com/7h37424ad

[Tom Houlihan]

In short, those illustrations indicate desired aiming points, and armor thicknesses for the various tanks. Interesting find!