Antiaircraft Artillery

UpdatedJune 22, 2006
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  72-K 61-K 21-K
Modification Mod. 1940 Mod. 1939*2  
Caliber,mm 25 37 45
Battle weight/Transportation weight, kg 1170/1230 2100/- ?
Barrel length, calibers 76.6 62.6 46
Shell weight, kg 0.288 0.732 1.45
Range (horisontal/vertical), m 6000/2000 8500/6500 9900/7000
Muzzle velocity, m/sec 387 880 760
Rate of Fire (maximal/combat), rounds/min 240/70 160 25-30
Max. Elevation angle, deg 85 87 85
Arc of fire, deg. 360 360 360
Transport Mech. Mech. immovable
Max. transp. speed, km/h 60 60 -
Loading, type ? unitary unitary
Guncrew 5 5 4
In Troops on June, 22'41 ? 1382*3 306*5
Armor piercing* ?

500/46/90°

1000/37/90°

?
Years of production 1941-45*1 1940-46 1934-47*6
Numbers produced 4860 19892*4 ?

* - Range, m/armour, mm/angle, deg. When angle is not given it can be assumed to be 90°.

 

*1 - Modifications 1941-45:

94-KM mod. 1944 - paired 72-K gun mod. 1940; 237 such guns were built in 1944-45.

84-KM mod. 1944 - naval variant. 330 such guns were built in 1944-45.

*2 - Navy modification - 37mm naval AA gun "70-K" mod. 1940;

*3 - Figure on June 1'41. According to [2] there were 1214 37(40) mm AA guns in RKKA (including 817 in western military districts); 127 "70-K" guns and 44 "61-K" guns in Navy forces.

*4 - until the end of war.

*5 - On June 1'41. No data in [2] for this gun;

*6 - In 1942 the gun was modified and got index VM-42;

 

  Ivanov*1 8-K*3 9-K 3-K 52-K
Modification   Mod. 1914/15 Mod. 1915/28 Mod. 1931 Mod. 1939
Caliber,mm 76.2 76.2 76.2 76.2 85
Battle weight/Transportation weight, kg 1060/? 1300/? 1610/? 3750/4970 4900/?
Barrel length, calibers 30 30.5 48.5*4 55 55.2
Shell weight, kg 6.2 5.6-7.1 6.56 6.5/6.61*5 9.54/9.2*5
Range (horisontal/vertical), m -/4500 9500/5800 13000/8000 14600/9250 15500/10500*8
Muzzle velocity, m/sec   588 730 813/816*5 800/880*5
Rate of Fire (maximal/combat), rounds/min 10 10-12 15-20 15-20 15
Max. Elevation angle, deg 56 75 75 82 82
Arc of fire, deg. 360 360 360 360 360
Transport   Mech/horses Mech. Mech.
Max. transp. speed, km/h   ? ? 35 50
Loading, type   unitary unitary unitary unitary
Guncrew 5 6 6 7 7
In Troops on June, 22'41 805*2 539*2 19*2 3821*6 2630*9
Armor piercing* ? ? ?

500/78/?

1000/68/?

500/91/?

1000/83/?

Years of production ? 1914-1934 1928-1934 1932-39 1940-1945
Numbers produced ? ~1000 ? ~5000*7 13422

* - Range, m/armour, mm/angle, deg. When angle is not given it can be assumed to be 90°.

 

*1 - 76mm gun mod. 1900 on Ivanov's mount. Check for other data here. The last known case of usage during the battle of Smolensk 1941.

*2 - No data for those guns in [2];

*3 - Lender's gun;

*4 - Since 1930 its length was increased up to 55 calibers;

*5 - Splinter/Armor-piercing shells;

*6 - From [2] there were 4450 AA guns mod. 1931 & 1938 (2073 of them in western military districts), 862 guns "3-K" in Navy and 6 paired 81-K 76 mm guns.

*7 - Was designed in 1931 having German 7.62 cm Flak gun ("Rheinmetall") as prototype. Some modifications of gun-carriage and breech were made in 1938. 960 guns were made in 1939. 750 guns mod. 1938 were in RKKA on June 22'41.

*8 - Effective range for antitank fire - 925 m.

*9 - From [2] there were 3082 such guns. 66 of them in Navy and 2616 in western military districts.


Literature
  1. A.Ivanov "Artillerija SSSR v period vtoroy mirovoy vojny" SPb, "Neva", 2003
  2. Boyevoi i Chislennyi sostav Vooruzhennykh sil SSSR v period Velikoy Otechestvennoy Vojny. Statisticheskiy Sbornik No. 1, Moscow, 1994

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