57 mm ZIS-2 cannon
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Description
The 57 mm ZIS-2 is a high velocity 57 mm towed anti-tank gun, which served as the basis for the ZIS-4 (57 mm) or the simplified ZIS-4M (57 mm) guns found on some T-34 tanks.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
General info
The ZiS-2 has an unusually high gun velocity, one that is more akin to late war guns than the early war guns that vehicles equipped with the ZiS-2 will often face up against. This means that the ZiS-2 can often handle uptiers without issues, while its low drop makes aiming for weak spots easy.
Available ammunition
Ammunition
- BR-271: A high penetration APHEBC round, however low explosive mass may require multiple shots to destroy an enemy vehicle.
- BR-271K: A high penetration APHE round with marginally more explosive mass than the BR-271, but worse performance against angles and long-distance penetration.
- O-271: A HE shell useful for lightly-armoured or open-topped vehicles, however due to its low explosive mass it is unlikely to be very useful
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | ||
| BR-271 | APHEBC | 145 | 142 | 128 | 112 | 98 | 86 |
| BR-271K | APHE | 145 | 140 | 118 | 95 | 77 | 63 |
| O-271 | HE | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| BR-271 | APHEBC | 990 | 3.14 | 1.2 | 9 | 21.56 | 48° | 63° | 71° |
| BR-271K | APHE | 990 | 3.14 | 1.2 | 9 | 27.72 | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| O-271 | HE | 700 | 3.72 | N/A | 0.1 | 220 | 79° | 80° | 81° |
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- Good rate of fire
- High penetration for rank
- Low shell drop
Cons:
- Low explosive mass
History
Originally created as a standalone anti-tank gun, the ZiS-2 was developed in order to counter the possible threat of German heavy tanks after the Soviet's own use of heavy tanks during the Winter War. However, production initially stopped after only 371 units were built due to the gun's high cost, problematic manufacturing, and reports that the gun would often overpenetrate weakly armoured German tanks. This led to the ZiS-2 being abandoned in favor of the ZiS-3 and other cheaper 45 mm guns.
Later in the war however, the arrival of the German Tiger and Panther tanks rendered the ZiS-3 and the other 45 mm guns useless, and the higher penetration of the ZiS-2 was once again needed on the frontlines. This led to the ZiS-2 being reentered into service in 1943, with 9,645 units built by the end of the war in 1945. After the war, improvements in tank armour protection quickly phased out the ZiS-2 in favor of more powerful guns, however its small size and weight kept it in use within airborne troops for some time afterwards.
Media
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See also
- ZIS-4 (57 mm) - A version of the ZiS-2 designed for self propelled mounts
- ZIS-4M (57 mm) - A simplified version of the ZiS-2 designed for self propelled mounts
External links
| USA tank cannons | |
|---|---|
| 20 mm | M139 |
| 25 mm | LW25 · M242 |
| 37 mm | M3 · M5 · M6 |
| 57 mm | M1 |
| 75 mm | M2 · M2 Howitzer · M3 · M6 · M1897A4 · XM274 |
| 76 mm | M1 · M7 · M32 · T185E1 |
| 90 mm | M3 · M3A1 · M36 · M41 · M54 · T15E1 · T15E2 · T54 · T208E9 |
| 105 mm | M4 · M68 · M68A1 · M68A1E8 · T5E1 · T5E2 · T140E2 · T140E3 · XM35 |
| 106 mm | M40A1C |
| 120 mm | M58 · M256 · T53 |
| 152 mm | M81 · M162 · XM150E5 |
| 155 mm | M185 · T7 |
| 165 mm | M135 |
| Foreign: | |
| 20 mm | Rh202 (Germany) |
| 57 mm | 6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · ZIS-2 (USSR) |
| 105 mm | Sharir (Israel) |
| 120 mm | IMI MG251 (Israel) |
| 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-4 · 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) |
| China tank cannons | |
|---|---|
| 30 mm | ZPL02 · ZPZ02 |
| 73 mm | Type 86 |
| 76 mm | M32K1 |
| 85 mm | Type 56 · Type 63 |
| 100 mm | PTP86 · Type 59 · Type 69 · Type 69-II · ZPL04 |
| 105 mm | 88B-105T · Type 83 · WMA301 · ZPL94 · ZPL98A |
| 120 mm | 122TM · PTZ89 |
| 125 mm | Type 88C · Type 99A · ZPT98 |
| 130 mm | PL59A Gai |
| 152 mm | PL66 Gai |
| Foreign: | |
| 20 mm | KwK30 (Germany) |
| 37 mm | M6 (USA) |
| 45 mm | 20-K (USSR) |
| 47 mm | Type 1 (Japan) |
| 57 mm | Type 97 (Japan) · ZIS-2 (USSR) |
| 75 mm | M2 Howitzer (USA) · M3 (USA) · M6 (USA) |
| 76 mm | D-56T (USSR) · F-34 (USSR) · M1 (USA) · M7 (USA) · ZIS-3 (USSR) |
| 85 mm | ZIS-S-53 (USSR) |
| 90 mm | M3 (USA) · M41 (USA) |
| 100 mm | D-10S (USSR) |
| 105 mm | M68 (USA) · M68A1 (USA) |
| 115 mm | U-5TS (USSR) |
| 122 mm | A-19 (USSR) · D-25T (USSR) |
| 152 mm | ML-20S (USSR) |
