CHARACTERISTICS OF AT GUNS, SMALL ARMS AND AMMUNITION IN SOVIET ARMY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 2, 2002
• Sequence Number: 77
• Publication Date: April 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Characteristics of AT guns, Small Arms
and Ammunition in Soviet, Army
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DATE OF TNF
DATE I Apr 52
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AT Guns
1. I know of the following ur,tit,'nl: Lys in the Soviet Army:
the 57 mm model 1943 ZIS (Zavod Imenyi Stalina), the 76 nun model
1942-43 ZIS, the 85 mm model 1949 ZIS and the 100 [t En ZIS. The
ZIS gun is everywhere, it seems, and I hear that there are many
ZIS plants. The new 85 mm gun, gradually replacing the 76 mm
gun which is used mostly in training, was made in 1949. I can-
not say for certain if it is a ZIS model. All guAS from 57 mm
to 100 in are used as AT wez i ons. Another, older, 82 nun AT gun,
whose make is unknown to no, win on tank turrets,
the 57 nun arid he 76 mm antitank gum. Character-
istics of the 57 nun antit.r,k gun were, as I ree ), .:
Effective fire: 100 - 8000 meters
Range: 11,800 meters
Direct fire: 1,100 meters
Traverse: 54 degrees - 27 left and 27 right
Elevation: 30 degrees - plus 25 and minuig f9,ve degrees
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,ding: semi-autoadatiC
1114te of fire: 25 unaimed, 15 direct shots per minute
weight: 1,150 kg
Traction: Studebaker truck
Width in motion: 144 cm
Ground clearance: 34 cm
Characteristics of the 76 mm ZIS 1942-43 were as follows:
Range: 13,800 meters
Direct fire: 800 meters
Traverse : 54 degrees. - 27 left and 27 right
Elevation: 37 degrees- plus 30 and minus seven degrees
Rate of fire: 20 unaimed, 10-12 direct shots per minute
Weight: 1,250 kg
Traction: Studebaker truck.
In other respects this gun is the same as the 57 nua. T have
never heard of a 17.2 cm howitzer, and think that there is no
such gun in the Soviet Army.
? _ Sm U Arm
f "IN the .3. The only small arms I am milia with
reconstructedbinell9 8.
ignify Model 1930 1 200 me Oro.
~heoe numbers u 30
the c+allber,,7.62?andtholdsefive ecartridges. It have also heard
It is a bolt !
of a new carbine issued thetbestoriflemanocannfire1 54 which
ahOol0s
cartridges. With it a shooting speed among the troop
pe
per minute. The averse Shpagina
shots per. minute. The pPSh (Fistolet Puleinet
automatic 7.62 has an effective fire of 800 meters.
Rocket Lact-_
4. I know of the rocket launcher "Katyusha". There was an entire
RS- regiment, the 90th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 9th.Tank Division,
stationed in Oranienburg. Other regiments in the
;second Ars-F,
'brigade were the 94th, the 96th and the 590th.
,munition
I recall the following AT ammunition used
1._ It
shell-fugasnyy'
had some snaarye~d) .
(a) h? fine symbols mbcala fragmentary ehev( recall only the letters
en-graved on it (I,
OF) (oskolochno-y) numbers of the factory, and of
the assembly plant; sv (svezhyy poro'nch - fresh powder) .
All shells had SV on them. Muzzle velocity: 7
per second.
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(b) ` 'Arsaor-piercing shell . (broneboynyy ?anaryad) 57ma.
t
ers
assset3b1y plant, and UV. ? nozzle velocity: 99V pe
per second.
Suboaliber projectile (podkalibernyy snaryad) 57nm.
(podkalibernyy), Nos of factory and
wbolas 2a
S
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assembly plant., and SQ. This is considered the most
is+cos sed~of two parts and the internal part is tipped
h
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second. The projectile weighs agouti six .dlograa,.
casing is about.50 ceptimeters.long, and the shell 20
centimeters. Battery's unit of fires 240 shells-
230 ordinary shells, and.10 ssubcaliber projectiles.
Small arms assanition with which I am familiar are:
(a) 7.62nn carbine-1936. There are two kinds of cartridges
issued: red-tipped and yellow-tipped. The red are
bursting, and the yellow are igniting bullets.
(b) 7.62si PPah (Platolet pulemet Shpagina) S!, invonteb by
. Date of cartridge manufacture ranges from
19 O 19k3.
(a) 7.62ssa TT pistol. Sight cartridges in the magazine.
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