D-5T (85 mm)
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Description
The 85 mm D-5 is a Soviet tank cannon. An anti-tank modification of the 85 mm 52-K anti-aircraft cannon, it was mounted to the chassis of the SU-122 and originally intended to be fitted into the turret of the T-34, before being replaced by the ZIS-S-53. The cannon was designated D-5T when mounted in tanks, while tank destroyer mounts were designated D-5S (Samokhodnaya: "self-propelled").
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
- D-5T
- D-5S
General info
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Available ammunition
| 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-365K | APHE | 148 | 143 | 126 | 106 | 90 | 77 |
| BR-365A | APHEBC | 135 | 133 | 124 | 114 | 104 | 95 |
| BR-365P | APCR | 195 | 187 | 154 | 122 | 96 | 76 |
| O-365K | HE | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 |
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| 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-365K | APHE | 792 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 14 | 77 | 47° | 60° | 65° | |||
| BR-365A | APHEBC | 792 | 9.2 | 1.2 | 14 | 164 | 48° | 63° | 71° | |||
| BR-365P | APCR | 1,050 | 4.99 | - | - | - | 66° | 70° | 72° | |||
| O-365K | HE | 785 | 9.54 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 741 | 79° | 80° | 81° | |||
Comparison with analogues
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
Pros:
- The BR-365K APHE shell can take out early Panther tanks (VK, D, A) by ricocheting from the gun mantlet down into the thin top
Cons:
History
By 1942, the F-34 (76 mm) of the T-34 (1941) variant was found to be lacking in various fields, such as with penetration and range, especially when compared to the 75 mm anti-tank guns of the later Pz.IV (Family) variants and of the later StuG III (Family) variants. This inferiority was made especially noticeable when compared to the KwK36 (88 mm) anti-tank conversion of the original anti-air Flak.37 (88 mm), fitted onto the Tiger H1 and Tiger E tanks. Due to this predicament, military planners directed the design bureaus of General Vasily Grabin and Fyodor Petrov to modify the anti-air gun of the M1939 (52-K) for use as an anti-tank.
The Pretov bureau developed the D-5 85 mm gun from the original anti-air design. Initially, the gun was too large for the turrets of the T-34 (1941), but efforts were conducted to redesign the turret to accommodate the increased size of the new gun. On the other hand, with some modifications to the chassis of the SU-122, the gun was fitted into the tank-destroyer and was set int production. The modified tank would be renamed to the SU-85. Meanwhile, the Vasiliy Grabin was working on his own version of the anti-air gun, called the ZIS-S-53 (85 mm). After testing of both variants at the Gorokhoviesky Proving Grounds, Grabin's gun won the competition. Unfortunately, the T-34's new turret design could not fit the ZIS-S-53 (85 mm), only being able to accommodate the already-available D-5 design. Therefore, the T-34-85 (D-5T) went into production with the D-5 anti-tank gun, designated the D-5T. All models from 1944 onwards were fitted with the ZIS-S-53 (85 mm) gun, known as the T-34-85.
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See also
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