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76-mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) | |
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![]() ZiS-3 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia | |
Type | Field gun |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1942–1990 |
Production history | |
Designer | design bureau of No. 92 Artillery Factory headed by V. G. Grabin |
Designed | 1940 |
Produced | 1941–1945 |
No. built | 103,000+ |
Specifications | |
Mass | combat: 1,116 kg(2,460 lbs)travel: 2,150 kg(4,730 lbs)[1] |
Barrel length | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) 42.6 calibers[2] |
Width | 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)[2] |
Height | 1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)[2] |
Crew | 7 artillerymen |
Shell | Fixed QF 76.2 × 385 mm. R[2][3] |
Caliber | 76.2 mm (3 in) |
Breech | Semi-automatic vertical sliding-wedge[2] |
Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic[2] |
Carriage | Split trail |
Elevation | −5° to +37° |
Traverse | 54° |
Rate of fire | up to 25 rounds per minute |
Maximum firing range | 13.29 km (8.25 mi) |
The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) (Russian: 76-мм дивизионная пушка обр. 1942 г. (ЗиС-3)) (GRAU index: 52-P-354U) was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II. ZiS was a factory designation and stood for Zavod imeni Stalina ("factory named after Stalin"), the honorific title of Artillery Factory No. 92, which first constructed this gun.