76 mm MM Divisional towed gun, M1942 (ZIS-3)

in life •  7 years ago 

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This 76mm gun is Soviet made and was widely used by the artillery even on soviet ships.

As the gun was further developed with improvements made on the overall canon weight as well as its range
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China used the gun as a mountain gun after converting it to a pack version. In another version it was used as a tank gun.

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In the current day the gun is however not powerful enough and thus not widely used anymore.

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The weapon in picture was obtained in Angola during the bushwar.

Calibre. 76,2 mm
Total mass 116 kg
Barrel lenght 2,84 m
Range maximum. High explosive 13000 m, Anti tank 1000m

Cheers 🍻🍻🍻
I took the photos with my iPhone.
The above text is based on an information board displayed next to the gun.

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Really cool! I Upvote!

Nice weapon

Very good post @marcel1965 . . I like your post 👏👏