- 76 mm regimental gun M1927
Infobox Weapon
name=76 mm regimental gun M1927
caption=76 mm regimental gun M1927 in Hämeenlinna Artillery Museum.
origin=USSR
type=infantry support gun
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flag|Nazi Germany
flag|Finland
wars=World War II
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production_date=1928 -1943
number=16,482
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weight=convert|780|kg|lb
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part_length=convert|1.25|m|in
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caliber=76.2 mm (3 in)
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rate=10-12 rounds per minute
velocity=387 m/sec
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max_range=4.2 km (2.6 mi)
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breech=interrupted screw
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carriage=pole trail
elevation=-6° to 25°
traverse=6°
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speed=The 76 mm regimental gun M1927 ( _ru. 76-мм полковая пушка обр. 1927 г.) was a Soviet
infantry support gun . The gun was developed in 1927 by the design bureau of Orudiyno-Arsenalny Trest (OAT) and entered production in 1928. A total of 16,482 pieces were built. On June 22, 1941 the Red Army had 4,708 of these guns. In 1943 the gun was replaced by the76-mm regimental gun M1943 , but remained in service until the end of the war. The Germans placed captured guns into service as the Infanteriekanonehaubitze (infantry gun-howitzer) 290(r).The gun was intended for destruction of light field fortifications and openly placed personnel by direct fire. HEAT shell gave it limited anti-tank capabilities.
The M1927 was issued to rifle and cavalry
regiment s of the Red Army. Artillerybattalion of riflebrigade included one battery of M1927. Some guns were used by anti-tank artillery battalions.Ammunition
*Ammunition types:
**Fragmentation-HE: OF-350.
**Fragmentation: O-350A.
**HEAT: BP-350M.
*Projectile weight:
**OF-350: 6.2 kg.
*Muzzle velocity:
**OF-350, O-350A: 262 m/s.
**BP-350M: 311 m/s.
*Effective range:
**OF-350, O-350A: 4,200 m.
**BP-350M: 1,000 m.References and external links
* Chamberlain, Peter & Gander, Terry. "Infantry, Mountain and Airborne Guns". New York: Arco, 1975
* Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. "Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945". New York: Doubleday, 1979 ISBN 0-385-15090-3
* Ivanov A. - "Artillery of the USSR in Second World War" - SPb Neva, 2003 (Иванов А. Артиллерия СССР во Второй Мировой войне. — СПб., Издательский дом Нева, 2003., ISBN 5-7654-2731-6)
* Shunkov V. N. - "The Weapons of the Red Army", Mn. Harvest, 1999 (Шунков В. Н. - "Оружие Красной Армии." — Мн.: Харвест, 1999.) ISBN 985-433-469-4
* [http://www.battlefield.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=145&Itemid=71&lang=en 76.2-mm Regimental gun model 1927 on the BattleField.Ru]
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