Sights of Soviet Tanks

August 20, 2005
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Sight model Caliber and type of weapon Magnification, times Field of vision, deg. Range of aimed fire, m
TOP mod. 1930 TOP-1 (TOS) 45, mod. 1942 2.5 15

APG - 6000;

SG - 3000;

CDT - 1000

TOP mod. 1930 76.2 mod. 1927/32

LRSG - 4300;

SD - 3900;

HEG - 3900

TOD 76.2 mod. 1932

LRSG - 4300;

HEG - 3900;

SD - 3900;

TOD-6 76.2 mod. 1939,
L-10, L-11

APT - 12000;

LRSG - ?;

ST6 - ?;

CDT - 1000

TMF mod. 1941 45 mod. 1938 20

APG - 6400;

SG - 3000;

CDT - 1000;

TMFD-7 mod. 1941
10T-13 		76.2 mod. 1940
76.2 ZIS-5 mod. 1941 		15

APG - ?;

SG - ?;

HEG - ?;

CDT - 1000

PYa mod. 1934 7.62 mod. 1929 1.5 30 1400
PPU-8-T 1.15 26 1400
PT-1 mod 1932 PT-4 45 mod. 1932
45 mod. 1938 		2.5 26 (360)*1

APG - 3600;

SG - 2700;

CDT - 1600

PT-1 mod. 1932 76.2 mod 1927,1932

APG - ?;

SG - ?;

CDT - 1000;

PT-6 76.2 mod. 1939
L-10, L-11

APT - 12000;

LRSG - ?;

ST6 -?;

CDT - 1000

PT4-7
PT4-14		 76.2 mod. 1940
76.2 mod. 1941

APG - ?;

SG - ?;

CDT - 1000

Table cited from [1]

*1 - with all-around looking mechanism

 

Sight model Type Magnification, times Field of vision, deg. Range of aimed fire, m*1 Gun Tank
9T-13 telescopic 2.5 15 4200/1400 76.2mm ZIS-5 KV-1
20T-13 telescopic 15
PT4-13 periscopic 26 ?
10T-15 telescopic 15 6000/1500 85mm D-5T-85 IS-1
PT4-15 periscopic 26 7000/1500
TSh-17 telescopic articulate 4 16 5000/1500 122mm D-25T IS-2
IS-3
PT4-17 periscopic 2.5 26 IS-2
TMFD-7 telescopic 15 76.2mm F-34 T-34-76
PT4-7 periscopic 26
TSh-15 telescopic articulate 4 16 85mm D-5T-85 T-34-85
T-44
TSh-16 telescopic articulate 16 85mm ZIS-S-53
TMF-1 telescopic 2.5 20 3000/800 45mm 20K T-70
TMFP-1 telescopic 15 1500/1400 20mm TNSh T-60

Table cited from [2]

*1 - Armour piercing shell/machine-gun

Abbreviations

APG - Armour piercing grenade;

APT - Armour piercing tracer;

CDT - Co-axial DT machine gun;

HEG - high-explosive grenade;

LRSG - long-range splinter grenade;

SD - shrapnel with "D"-type fuse;

SG - Splinter grenade;

ST6 - shrapnel with "T6"-type fuse;

Literature:
  1. "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. XX vek" : nauchnoe izdanie v 4-kh tomakh/ Solyankin A.G., Pavlov M.V., Pavlov I.V., Zheltov I.G./ Tom 1.  "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. 1905-1941" , Moscow, Exprint, 2002
  2. "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. XX vek" : nauchnoe izdanie v 4-kh tomakh/ Solyankin A.G., Pavlov M.V., Pavlov I.V., Zheltov I.G./ Tom 2.  "Otechestvennye bronirovannye mashiny. 1941-1945" , Moscow, Exprint, 2005
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