Ammunition
Although the M1909/37 has slightly longer barrel and slightly smaller maximum elevation than the M1910/30, according to Shirokorad these guns had identical ballistics.
| Available ammunition | |||||
| Type | Model | Weight, kg | HE weight, kg | Velocity, m/s (max. propellant load) | Range, m |
| Armour-piercing shells | |||||
| HEAT (from May 1943) | BP-460A | ||||
| High explosive and fragmentation shells | |||||
| HE-Frag, steel (1,000 fragments to hit personnel in radius of 30 meters) | OF-462 | 21.76 | 3.67 | 364 | 8,910 |
| Fragmentation, steely iron | O-462A | 21.7 | 364 | 8,910 | |
| Fragmentation, steely iron | О-460А | ||||
| HE, old | F-460 | 344 | 7,550 | ||
| HE, old | F-460N | 344 | 7,550 | ||
| HE, old | F-460U | 344 | 7,550 | ||
| HE, old | F-460K | 344 | 7,550 | ||
| Shrapnel shells | |||||
| Shrapnel with 45 sec tube | Sh-460 | 343 | 7,230 | ||
| Shrapnel with T-6 tube | Sh-460T | 342 | 7,240 | ||
| Chemical shells | |||||
| Fragmentation-chemical | OH-462 | 364 | 8,950 | ||
| Chemical | H-462 | 21.8 | - | 366 | 8,477 |
| Chemical | H-460 | - | 358 | 7,700 | |
| Other shells | |||||
| Illumination | S-462 | - | 340 | 6,800 | |
| Propaganda | A-462 | - | 364 | 7,000 | |
| Smoke, steel | D-462 | 364 | 8,910 | ||
| Smoke, steely iron | D-462A | ||||
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