M-1942 (ZIS-3)
76mm Field Gun


A battery of ZIS-3 76mm divisional guns in a field firing position.

   

M-1942 (ZIS-3) 76mm Field Gun

Designer -  V. G. Grabin

Manufacturer:

Artillery Plant #92 at Gorki
Artillery Plant #235 at Votkinsk

Role:

Field Gun

Year Adopted:

1943

Weight: ____ pounds 1116 kilograms

Operational Status:

 

Soviet Union - Obsolete

Other Known Users - Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Cuba, Congo, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, East Germany, Ghana, Guinea, Hungary, Indonesia, North Korea, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Somalia, Tanzania, Vietnam, North Yemen, and Yugoslavia.

Armament:

76.2mm Main Gun

Recoil System:

Hydraulic recoil buffer and hydro-pneumatic recuperator

Weapon Range:

_____ feet

13290 meters

Sustained Rate of Fire:

15-20 rounds per minute

Gun Crew: 7 men

Length (traveling):

_____ feet

 6.095 meters
Barrel Length: _____ feet 3.455 meters
Height (traveling): _____ feet 1.375 meters

Total Traverse:

54 degrees

Elevation:

-5 to +37
Common Towing Vehicles:
 		BTR-152 Armored Personnel Carrier
GAZ-66 (4 x 4) Truck
ZIL-157 (6 x 6) Truck

 

The M-1943 (ZIS-2)
in Pictures		 Development,
History, and Use		 Return to
Vehicle Index