Professional paper
The History and Restoration of the Divisional Field Gun ZiS-3 M1942 from the Collection of the Karlovac Town Museum
Sonja Kirchhoffer
Zoran Kirchhoffer
Abstract
The M1942, better known as ZiS-3, is a multifunctional medium caliber field gun used for infantry support on flat terrain, as well as against tanks and armored vehicles. The German Reich advocated the production of big caliber guns, which prompted the Marshal of the Soviet Union G. I. Kulik to order a cessation of the production of small and medium caliber guns. The work on the gun, which was secretly constructed by engineer V. G. Grabin in Gorki and later known as the 76,2 mm divisional field gun M1942 (ZiS-3), began in 1940. Soon after the German attack on the Soviet Union, the Soviet military command realized that small and medium caliber guns were needed in battles after all, which prompted the production of the aforementioned gun despite certain problems caused by the fact that the gun in question was never officially developed. Its official production began in 1942 and lasted until the end of the World War II. After the war, the Soviet Union exported this gun to other countries, mostly to allied communist countries, including Yugoslavia. It is still in use in some less developed parts of the world due to its characteristics. Less qualified personnel were able to work on the production and gunners quickly passed training on the operation of the gun due to the simplicity of its construction.....
Keywords
divisional field gun M1942 ZiS-3; World War II; Marshal of the Soviet Union G. I. Kulik; engineer V. G. Grabin; restoration and conservation; Informbiro Resolution; armament; Homeland War
Hrčak ID:
175746
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Publication date:
28.12.2016.
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