D-56TS (76 mm)

Description

The 76 mm D-56TS is a Soviet cannon armament. It is found in War Thunder used in the PT-76B light tank, which then found use in the Soviet Navy on the Project 1204 gunboats due to the mounting of a PT-76B turret as a firing platform.

The weapon's designation suffixes indicate the weapon's format as a tank-mounted weapon ("T") that was stabilized ("S").

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• PT-76B
• Pr.1204
• Pr.1204 late

General info

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Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Warhead type	Penetration in mm @ 0° Angle of Attack
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
BR-354N	APCR	152	148	129	109	92	78
53-BR-354	APHE	98	96	88	79	71	63
BK-354M	HEATFS	200	200	200	200	200	200
OF-350M	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10

Shell details
Ammunition	Warhead type	Velocity in m/s	Projectile mass in kg	Fuse delay in m	Fuse sensitivity in mm	Explosive mass in g (TNT equivalent)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
BR-354N	APCR	950	3.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	66°	70°	72°
53-BR-354	APHE	662	6.3	1.2	20	49.28	47°	60°	65°
BK-354M	HEATFS	700	7	N/A	0.1	1.14	65°	72°	75°
OF-350M	HE	680	6.2	0.05	0.1	621	79°	80°	81°

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Usage in battles

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History

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See also

• D-56T (76 mm) - The same weapon, but unstabilised.

External links

• [The Soviet Armour Blog] PT-76 (Web Archive)

USSR naval cannons
20 mm	ShVAK
25 mm	2M-3
30 mm	AK-230 · 30 mm/54 AK-630 · 30 mm/54 AK-630M · BP "Plamya"
37 mm	37 mm/67 70-K · V-11
45 mm	45 mm/46 21-K · 45 mm/68 21-KM · 45 mm/89 SM-20-ZIF · 45 mm/89 SM-21-ZIF
57 mm	AK-725
75 mm	75 mm/50 Canet patt.1892
76 mm	34-K · 39-K · 76 mm/60 AK-176M · AK-726 · D-56TS · F-34 · Lender AA gun, pattern 1914/15
85 mm	85 mm/52 92-K · 85 mm/54.6 ZIS-C-53 · 90-K
100 mm	100 mm/56 B-34 · 100 mm/70 SM-5-1 · Minizini
102 mm	Pattern 1911
120 mm	120 mm/50 pattern 1905
130 mm	130 mm/55 pattern 1913 · 130 mm/58 SM-2-1 · B-13
152 mm	152 mm/57 B-38
180 mm	180 mm/57 B-1-P · 180 mm/60 B-1-K
305 mm	12-inch/52 pattern 1907 · 305 mm/54 B-50
356 mm	14-inch/52 pattern 1913 (356 mm)
	Foreign:
40 mm	2pdr QF Mk.IIc (Britain) · Skoda (Czechoslovakia)
47 mm	3 pdr QF Hotchkiss (Britain)
76 mm	76 mm/40 Ansaldo mod.1917 (Italy)
88 mm	SK C/30 (Germany)
120 mm	120 mm/50 Mk.4 Bofors M1924 (Sweden) · 120 mm/50 O.T.O. Mod.1933 (Italy)
152 mm	152/53 mm O.T.O. Mod.1929 (Italy)
320 mm	320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1934 (Italy)