The Number of Guns in the Coastal Artillery

March 25, 2009
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Data is given according to the [1] on June 1, 1941

Caliber,mm 356 305 254 203 180 152 130 122 120 100 76 75 45 Total
Black Sea Bat. - 2 - 5 4 12 5 - 1 1 1 1 2 34
Guns - 8 - 18 13 46 15 - 4 4 4 4 8 124
Baltic Bat. 1 4 2 3 5 24 18 - 6 5 5 - 36 109
Guns 3 16 7 12 10 93 79 - 24 17 19 - 144 424
Northern Bat. - - - - 4 2 5 1 1 3 - - 2 18
Guns - - - - 16 7 19 4 4 12 - - 8 70
Pacific Bat. 1 2 - 1 8 46 18 - 4 9 - 1 48 138
Guns 3 10 - 2 32 152 56 - 15 34 - 6 146 456
Total Guns 6 34 7 32 71 298 169 4 47 67 23 10 306 1074

During Leningrad defense the single 406mm gun (from unready battleship of "Sovetsky Soyuz" type) was used

Data is given according to the [2] on July 1, 1941

Type Fleets & Flotillas Total
West South East
NF KBF BSF PVF Total KVF Total TOF KAF Total
Army-type samples
45mm AT gun 16 68 32 - 116 - - 86 12 98 214
45mm Tank gun 12 23 - - 35 - - 41 - 41 76
76mm Mnt. gun - - - - - - - 45 16 61 61
76mm Rgt. gun Mod. 1927 - 76 26 - 102 - - 18 - 18 120
76mm gun L-10 - 14 - - 14 - - - - - 14
76mm gun TUS KKZ - - - - - - - - 15 15 15
76mm F-22 USV Div. gun - - 10 14 24 - - - - - 24
76mm gun mod. 1914/15 42 72 71 6 191 14 14 76 18 94 299
76mm gun mod. 1915/28 - - 84 - 84 - - - - - 84
76mm gun mod. 1892/30 - 15 20 - 35 - - 38 32 70 105
76mm gun mod. 1927/32 - 8 4 2 14 - - - 80 80 94
107mm gun mod. 1910/30 - - - - - - - 4 - 4 4
122mm how. mod. 1910/39 - 13 13 4 30 - - - - - 30
122mm gun A-19 4 13 4 - 21 - - - - - 21
152mm gun-how. - 7 20 - 27 - - 20 - 20 47
305mm how. - - - - - - - 4 - 4 4
Total 74 309 284 26 693 14 14 332 173 505 1212
Naval samples
45/46* Unigun artilery mount 40-K - - 9 5 14 - - - 2 2 16
45/46 paired gun artillery mount 41-K - - 11 2 13 - - - 6 6 19
45/46 21-K 239 494 411 25 1169 170 170 538 80 618 1957
75/50 15 9 25 - 49 4 4 38 - 38 91
76/52 F-35 - - 1 - 1 - - - - - 1
76/55 34-K 28 101 64 4 197 14 14 69 12 81 292
100/47 paired gun artillery mount - - 10 - 10 - - - - - 10
10/50-56 B-24BM 27 73 72 - 172 7 7 53 17 70 249
100/51 B-24 14 28 11 - 53 - - 20 - 20 73
100/56 B-34 - 31 12 - 43 4 4 - - - 47
102/45 PL B-2 (AMVAS: submarines?) - 3 4 - 7 - - - - - 7
102/45 MB-2-4-45 (deck system) - - 8 4 12 - - - 8 8 20
102/60 23 52 24 6 105 15 15 40 - 40 160
120/45 Kane (Sp.?) system - 16 - - 16 - - 4 - 4 20
120/45 Maydaur (Sp.?) system - - - - - - - 15 - 15 15
120/50 4 62 21 6 93 - - 6 24 30 123
130/50 paired gun B-2-LM mount - - 3 - 3 - - - - - 3
130/50 B-13 59 171 102 - 332 2 2 154 - 154 488
130/55 4 23 64 - 91 - - 10 12 22 113
152/50 unigun artillery mount 7 86 37 - 130 - - 70 - 70 200
180/57 paired gun MB-2-180 mount 8 6 - - 14 - - 8 - 8 22
180/57 triple-gun MK-3-180 mount - 6 6 - 12 - - 3 - 3 15
180/57 railway TM-1-18 mount - 12 4 - 16 - - - - - 16
180/57 open mount MO-180 - 8 14 - 22 - - 28 - 28 50
180/59 unigun turret-type mount - - 4 - 4 - - - - - 4
203/50 unigun turret-type coastal mount - - 22 - 22 - - - - - 22
203/50 paired gun turret-type coastal mount - 6 - - 6 - - - - - 6
203/50 railway mount - - - - - - - 2 - 2 2
203/50 open coastal mount - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 3
254/45 coastal mount - 7 - - 7 - - - - - 7
305/40 railway mount - - - - - - - 6 - 6 6
305/52 unigun coastal mount - 4 - - 4 - - - - - 4
305/52 paired gun coastal mount - 4 4 - 8 - - - - - 8
305/52 triple gun coastal mount - 8 4 - 12 - - 2 - 2 14
305/52 railway mount TM-3-12 - 3 - - 3 - - - - - 3
305/52 railway mount TM-1-14 - 3 - - 3 - - 3 - 3 6
Total naval guns 428 1219 947 52 2646 216 216 1069 161 1230 4092
Total coastal artillery guns 502 1528 1231 78 3339 230 230 1401 334 1735 5304

* - Caliber, mm/Barrel length, calibers

Abbreviations
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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