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As for production numbers remember that there were large stocks of French and Polish AP captured that would never show up as production and the Germans were unlikely to deprive their own troops of HEAT so it is more than likely a lot of that captured AP went to their allies and the HEAT was kept for German guns though, in reality, this is a very minor weapon in the big scheme of things.
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I was hoping that the community would have some information as to who used what ammunition and when. The Finish PaK 97's appear to have had their own locally produced solid shot AP, but I would find it highly likely that the eastern front collation partners would have received excess German HEAT rounds once the Germans traded in the Pak 97's for Pak 40's. The Italians, Hungarians and Romanians were all in the same theater so it stands to reason that ammunition would have been provided as well as guns. Also keep in mind that the HEAT round had a lower muzzle energy which would have been a plus on the overly light gun carriage and the high ammo burn rate involved with hitting tanks mentioned by cbo would have put pressure on the stocks of captured ammunition.
While the Pak 97/38 may not have been as well known as some of the other weapons 3,700 were produced which is no insignificant number so its worth trying to get the figures right.
Oh, I also forgot about the Pz.740(r), would is a Pak 97 mounted on a T-26 chassis.