ZIS-6 (107 mm)
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Description
The 107 mm ZIS-6 is a Soviet tank cannon.
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General info
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History
The 107 mm guns in the Soviet military has their lineage to the 107 mm Model 1910 that was based on the French Schneider design. This gun was modernized in 1930 as the 107 mm Model 1910/30, but improvements were still desired to improve the gun's range. During the evaluations for a modernized 107 mm gun, V.G. Grabin from Plant No. 92 and Fedor Petrov of Plant No. 192 submitted their designs for the 107 mm gun. Petrov's design was considered the winner, and his design would become the 107 mm Model 1940, which saw improvements such as a lengthened gun barrel from 38 calibers to 43 calibers.[1][2]
In 1941, the Soviet Union was concerned about the possible existence of heavily armored German tanks, which caused a rush to develop high-power anti-tank guns to be mounted into tanks. Grabin suggested to Stalin that his 107 mm gun could be a suitable solution to this problem, to which Stalin requested that it be improved to be more powerful than the new 107 mm Model 1940. Due to this requirement, Grabin improved his 107 mm gun, which was based off the ZIS-2 anti-tank cannon,[1] into the 107 mm ZIS-6 gun within 38 days. Firing at 800 m/s, the ZIS-6 was rated to penetrate 115 mm of armour plate angled at 30 degrees from horizonal at 1,000 meters, compared to the 107 mm Model 1940 that penetrates 100 mm in the same conditions.[2] The 107 mm ZIS-6 gun was intended to be used in the KV-3 heavy tank that was in development, but until a KV-3 tank was available, a KV-2 tank turret was to be used as the 107 mm mount for testing.[3]
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, design work on the KV-3 was cancelled, leaving the 107 mm projects hanging due to the lack of tanks intended to mount them. Testing with the 107 mm gun in the KV-2 tank turret progressed, with the first 107 mm gun prototype installed into a KV-2 by 22 July 1941.[4] Up to five ZIS-6 guns were produced until 1942,[1] when it soon became clear that the heavily armored German tanks that initiated the fears were non-existent. By 04 April 1942, it was decreed that all work with 107 mm guns be cancelled, which included Grabin's ZIS-6 gun.[5]
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References
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- Bibliography
- Bennighof, Mike. 2021. "The Book of Armaments: Soviet 107mm Field Guns". Avalanche Press. Last modified May 2021. Website (Archive)
- Samsonov, Peter. 2013a. "Soviet 107 mm Guns". Tank Archives. Last modified April 23, 2013. Website (Archive)
- Samsonov, Peter. 2013b. "Overpowered". Tank Archives. Last modified October 23, 2013. Website (Archive)
- Samsonov, Peter. 2014. "ZiS-6 Project". Tank Archives. Last modified October 31, 2014. Website (Archive)
- Samsonov, Peter. 2021. "New Gun for the KV-2". Tank Archives. Last modified September 03, 2021. Website (Archive)
| USSR tank cannons | |
|---|---|
| 20 mm | TNSh |
| 30 mm | 2A42 · 2A72 · AG-30 |
| 45 mm | 20-K |
| 57 mm | AU-220 · Ch-51M · ZIS-2 · ZIS-4 · ZIS-4M |
| 73 mm | 2A28 |
| 76 mm | 1902/30 · 3-K · D-56TS · F-32 · F-34 · F-96 · KT-28 · L-10 · L-11 · ZIS-3 · ZIS-5 |
| 85 mm | D-5S · D-5T · D-58 · D-70 · F-30 · ZIS-S-53 |
| 100 mm | 2A48 · 2A70 · D-10S · D-10T · D-10T2S · D-50 · LB-1 · S-34 |
| 107 mm | ZIS-6 |
| 115 mm | U-5TS |
| 122 mm | A-19 · D-25-44T · D-25S · D-25T · D-25TS · D-30T · D-49 · M-30 · M-62-T2S |
| 125 mm | 2A26 · 2A46 · 2A46M · 2A46M-1 · 2A46M-5 · 2A46MS · 2A75 · D-126 |
| 130 mm | B-13 · C-70 · M-65 |
| 152 mm | 2A33 · LP-83 · M-10T · M-64 · M-69 · ML-20S |
| Foreign: | |
| 37 mm | M5 (USA) |
| 50 mm | KwK L/42 (Germany) |
| 57 mm | 6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · M1 (USA) |
| 75 mm | KwK42 (Germany) · M2 (USA) |
| 76 mm | M1 (USA) |
| 85 mm | Type-62-85-TC (China) |
