Ammunition
| Available ammunition | |||||
| Type | Model | Weight, kg | HE weight, kg | Muzzle velocity, m/s | Range, m |
| Armor piercing shells | |||||
| APHE | BR-540 | 48.8 | 0.66 | 600 | 4,000 |
| APBC (from late 1944) | BR-540B | 46.5 | 0.48 | 600 | 4,000 |
| Naval semi-AP | model 1915/28 | 51.07 | 3.2 | 573 | |
| HEAT | BP-540 | 27.44 | 680 | 3,000 | |
| Anti-concrete shells | |||||
| Anti-concrete howitzer shell | G-530 / G-530Sh | 40.0 | 5.1 | ||
| Anti-concrete gun shell | G-545 | 56.0 | 4.2 | ||
| High explosive and fragmentation shells | |||||
| Gun shells | |||||
| HE-Fragmentation, steel | OF-540 | 43.6 | 5.9-6.25 | 655 | 17,230 |
| HE-Fragmentation, steel | OF-540Zh | 43.6 | 5.9-6.25 | ||
| HE, old | F-542 | 38.1 | 5.86 | ||
| HE, old | F-542G | 38.52 | 5.83 | ||
| HE, old | F-542ShG | 41.0 | 5.93 | ||
| HE, old | F-542Sh | 40.6 | 6.06 | ||
| HE, old | F-542ShU | 40.86 | 5.96 | ||
| HE, old | F-542U | 38.36 | 5.77 | ||
| Howitzer shells | |||||
| HE-Fragmentation, steel | OF-530 | 40.0 | 5.47-6.86 | ||
| HE-Fragmentation, steely iron | OF-530A | 40.0 | 5.66 | ||
| HE, old | F-533 | 40.41 | 8.0 | ||
| HE, old | F-533K | 40.68 | 7.3 | ||
| HE, old | F-533N | 41.0 | 7.3 | ||
| HE, old | F-533U | 40.8 | 8.8 | ||
| HE, steely iron, old French | F-534F | 41.1 | 3.9 | ||
| HE for 152-mm mortar model 1931 | F-521 | 41.7 | 7.7 | ||
| HE, British, for Vickers 152-mm howitzer | F-531 | 44.91 | 5.7 | ||
| Shrapnel shells | |||||
| Shrapnel with 45 sec. tube | Sh-501 | 41.16-41.83 | 0.5 (680—690 bullets) | ||
| Shrapnel with Т-6 tube | Sh-501T | 41.16 | 0.5 (680—690 bullets) | ||
| Illumination shells | |||||
| Illumination, 40 sec. | S 1 | 40.2 | |||
| Chemical shells | |||||
| Fragmentation-chemical gun shell | OH-540 | ||||
| Chemical howitzer shell | HS-530 | 38.8 | |||
| Chemical howitzer shell | HN-530 | 39.1 | |||
| Chemical (post-war) | ZHZ | ||||
| Armour penetration table | ||
| APHE shell BR-540 | ||
| Distance, m | Meet angle 60°, mm | Meet angle 90°, mm |
| 500 | 105 | 125 |
| 1000 | 95 | 115 |
| 1500 | 85 | 105 |
| 2000 | 75 | 90 |
| APBC shell BR-540B | ||
| Distance, m | Meet angle 60°, mm | Meet angle 90°, mm |
| 500 | 105 | 130 |
| 1000 | 100 | 120 |
| 1500 | 95 | 115 |
| 2000 | 85 | 105 |
| Naval semi-AP model 1915/28 | ||
| Distance, m | Meet angle 60°, mm | Meet angle 90°, mm |
| 100 | 110 | 136 |
| 500 | 104 | 128 |
| 1000 | 97 | 119 |
| 1500 | 91 | 111 |
| 2000 | 85 | 105 |
| These data was obtained by Soviet methodics of armour penetration measurement (penetration probability equals 75%). They are not directly comparable with western data of similar type |
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