76 Mm Divisional Gun M1942 (Zi S-3)

Ammunition Data

Available ammunition
Type	Model	Weight, kg	HE weight, g
Armour-piercing projectiles (muzzle velocity 700 m/s)
APHE	BR-350A	6.3	155
AP (solid)	BR-350SP	6.5	N/A
Composite Armour-piercing projectiles (muzzle velocity up to ? m/s)
	BR-350P	3.02	N/A
Developed after World War II	BR-350N	3.02	N/A
High explosive and fragmentation shells (muzzle velocity 680 m/s)
HE/Fragmentation steel	OF-350	6.2	710
HE/Fragmentation steely iron	OF-350A	6.2	640
Fragmentation steely iron	O-350A	6.21	540
HE/Fragmentation	OF-350B	6.2	540
HE/Fragmentation	OF-363	6.2	540
HE	F-354	6.41	785
HE	F-354M	6.1	815
HE developed in France	F-354F	6.41	785
Other projectiles (muzzle velocity up to 680 m/s)
HEAT, developed after World War II	BK-354	7	740
Shrapnel	Sh-354	6.5	85
Shrapnel	Sh-354T	6.66	85
Shrapnel	Sh-354G	6.58	85
Shrapnel	Sh-361	6.61	85
Chemical	OH-350	6.25
Incendiary long-range	Z-350	6.24	240
Incendiary	Z-354	4.65	240
Smoke long-range	D-350	6.45	N/A
Smoke steely iron	D-350A	6.45	N/A

Armour penetration table
AP Projectile BR-350A
Distance, m	Meet angle 60°, mm	Meet angle 90°, mm
100	67	82
500	61	75
1000	55	67
1500	49	60
2000	43	53
These data were obtained by Soviet methods of armour penetration measurement (penetration probability equals 75%). They are not directly comparable with western data of similar type.

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76 Mm Divisional Gun M1942 (Zi S-3) - Ammunition Data