There is an excellent article in Jane's Military Review, 1987 (Sixth Year of Issue), ed. Ian V. Hogg. Entitled A Return to the Gun? by Owen Carrow, it chronicles the numerous efforts to develop light direct-fire guns during the mid-1980s. The article focuses on western designs such as the Austrian Noricum N105 which was a towed L7 105mm tank gun. One of the more interesting guns described was a 75mm weapon based on the ARES 75mm canon, as seen on the LAV-75, which could be tele-operated. There were other guns ranging from a Belgian 25mm canon to a French 90mm anti-tank gun and a 60mm Israeli weapon.
Any of these designs could be thrown into the Twilight War with little modification. It's likely that if the Soviets had remained a viable threat at least some of these weapons would have seen wide spread use. As has been said earlier ammo for these weapons would be relatively easy to manufacture and some of these weapons could even be refitted to operate almost automatically. Combined with minefields and artillery fire they could prove to be vital in defensive operations in Southern Germany.
Benjamin
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