Ammunition
When set to fragmentation action, the OF-530 produced fragments which covered an area 70 m wide and 30 m deep. When set to HE action, the exploding shell produced a crater about 3.5 m in diameter and about 1.2 m deep.
| Available ammunition | |||||
| Type | Model | Weight, kg | HE weight, kg | Muzzle velocity, m/s | Range, m |
| Anti-concrete shells | |||||
| Anti-concrete shell | G-530 / G-530Sh | 40.0 | 5.1 | ||
| High explosive and fragmentation shells | |||||
| HE-Fragmentation, steel | OF-530 | 40.0 | 5.47–6.86 | 344 | 8,850 |
| HE-Fragmentation, steely iron | OF-530A | 40.0 | 5.66 | ||
| HE, old | F-533 | 40.41 | 8.0 | 322 | 7,290 |
| HE, old | F-533K | 40.68 | 7.3 | 322 | 7,290 |
| HE, old | F-533N | 41.0 | 7.3 | 322 | 7,290 |
| HE, old | F-533U | 40.8 | 8.8 | 322 | 7,290 |
| HE, steely iron, old French | F-534F | 41.1 | 3.9 | 322 | 7,290 |
| 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-530 | 38.8 | 340 | 8,796 | |
| Chemical howitzer shell | HN-530 | 39.1 | 344 | 8,833 | |
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