ZIS-3 – divisional sample cannon 1942 , the caliber of 76 mm

76-mm JIS 3 (it is a true gauge 76,2 mm), appeared in 1942 year, It was intended to eventually replace many different artillery systems, standing at the time the Red Army, as well as make up for huge losses, incurred as a result of the onset of the German Army. Therefore, ZIS-3 - is a simple robust gun with no frills, which could produce in large quantities, the thousands.

ZIS-3 – divisional 76-mm gun

ZIS-3 are no longer protects the borders of the Eastern bloc countries, but it still is in service with the armies of many countries of the "third world", including in China, wherein the modification of the local production has the designation 76 mm gun Type 54. AT
these countries, ZIS-3 is an important multipurpose artillery system, but the heirs of the former Red Army saved it only as a guardian of the front gate and tools for salutes. In some countries, in particular, Romania, continues to issue 76-mm ammunition for VMS-3, Although the potential market is constantly shrinking.

Installed on a gun carriage with sliding supports to the tubular, equipped with a large shield and having a long thin stem, ZIS-3 gun in addition to the tasks of field artillery was supposed to function as anti-tank weapon - in particular, one modification was introduced in 1943 , 57-mm anti-tank gun ZIS-2, mounted on the same carriage, and that the ZIS-3. Another modification was a self-propelled gun SU-76, is produced in large quantities, but now widely decommissioned.
Since VMS-3 was the most common artillery system in Eastern bloc countries, for a high degree of standardization of ammunition has been achieved for many years, preserved to this day. In very large quantities produced high-explosive fragmentation projectile, but also other types of - armor-piercing shell, as well as the cumulative projectile appeared later, capable of blank range pierce armor thickness 194 mm. Maximum firing range is 13 290 m.

Tactic-technical characteristics gun ZIS-3

Photo Gun ZIS-3

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