Zvezda 3505 ZIS-3 Soviet gun

The ZIS-3 is a Soviet 76.2mm cannon known under the designation "76.2mm gun wz.1942". Although the gun entered service in 1941, it was officially entered in the Red Army in February 1942, hence the designation. Over 50,000 jobs were created in the course of serial production. pieces of this weapon, widely considered to be one of the best cannons in its class during the Second World War. The ZIS-3 served multiple functions: from supporting infantry operations, through counter-batter fire, to the role of an anti-tank gun. She did very well in all of them. For the first time on a large scale, the ZIS-3 was used in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942/1943). In 1942, a very effective sub-caliber ammunition was introduced, which was used on a mass scale near Kursk in 1943. The ZIS-3 was also used as a capture weapon by the Third Reich and Romania, which even launched the production of this gun after it had been recalibrated! The ZIS-3 was also the primary weapon of the SU-76 and SU-76M vehicles. Technical data: barrel length: 3169 mm, range: 13290 m, caliber: 76.2 mm, combat weight: 1200 kg, initial velocity: 680 m / s, rate of fire: 25 spins / min.