76 mm mountain gun M1938

76 mm mountain gun M1938

Infobox Weapon
name=76 mm mountain gun M1938


caption=M1938 in the Finnish Artillery Museum.
origin=Czechoslovakia
type=mountain gun
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designer=Skoda
design_date=1936
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weight=785 kg (1,731 lbs)
length=
part_length=convert|1.63|m|in L/21.4
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cartridge=6.23 kg (13.7 lbs)
caliber=76.2 mm (3 in)
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rate=
velocity=495 m/s (1,624 ft/s)
range=
max_range=10,100 m (11,045 yds)
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breech=vertical block
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carriage=box trail
elevation=-8° to 65°
traverse=10°
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The 76-mm mountain gun M1938 (Russian: 76-мм горная пушка обр. 1938 г.) was a Soviet gun developed used in World War II. It was a modification of the Skoda 75 mm M1936 mountain gun for which a license was bought. The gun had high elevation angle and could be quickly dismantled for transporting by pack horses. Sprung wheels allowed high towing speed. The gun was light enough to be moved in combat by its crew.

By 1 June 1941, the Red Army possessed about 800 pieces. In addition to mountain units, the weapon was issued to some airborne units.

In Wehrmacht service the gun was designated as 7.62 cm GebK 307(r).

The Finnish army operated five captured pieces, known as 76 VK 38.

References

* 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)


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