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

Tank 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-354N	APCR	152	148	129	109	92	78
53-BR-354	APHE	100	99	90	81	73	66
BK-354M	HEATFS	200	200	200	200	200	200
OF-350M	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10

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-354N	APCR	950	3.3	N/A	N/A	N/A	66°	70°	72°
53-BR-354	APHE	662	6.5	1.2	14	49.28	47°	60°	65°
BK-354M	HEATFS	700	7	0.05	0.1	1,140	65°	72°	77°
OF-350M	HE	680	6.2	0.05	0.1	621	79°	80°	81°

Naval ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		100 m	1,000 m	2,000 m	3,000 m	4,000 m	5,000 m
OF-350M	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10
53-BR-354	APHE	96	79	63	51	41	34

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%
OF-350M	HE	680	6.2	0	0.1	621	79°	80°	81°
53-BR-354	APHE	662	6.3	1.6	4	49.28	47°	60°	65°

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Usage in battles

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History

The D-56TS is a variant of the D-56T used by the Soviet PT-76 series of amphibious light tanks. Intended to provide fire support for Soviet Naval Infantry, the D-56T was not initially stabilized. This presented a problem for the tank as it meant it could not fire while traveling through the water and would not be able to fire on the move while on land, not idea for a tank that was intended to participate in beach landings. Enter the PT-76B, which provided improvements in multiple departments including optics, mobility and most importantly firepower. Taking cues from the STP-2 "Tsiklon" system installed on the T54B, the gun now its own stabilization system. The added weight of the new STP-2P "Zarya" two-plane stabilizer system resulted in more weight being towards the gun breech so the thickness of the fume extractor was increased to serve as a counterweight. The "Zarya" gave the D-56TS both an automatic and semi-automatic stabilization mode with latter intended as a back-up. The hydraulic stabilizer features a collapsible shoulder guard to protect the commander during automatic adjustments and an autoblock system for faster follow-up shots and improved loading over uneven terrain. The autoblocker can be disabled at the commander's discretion during which the hydrolock would take over. Unlike the "Tsiklon", the "Zarya" doesn't a loader assist which was seen as redundant as the PT-76B store most of the ammunition in the turret instead of the hull like the T-54. Along with the PT-76B, the D-56TS saw use on the ''Shmel''<nowiki />-class or Pr.1204 patrol boats using a the same turret turret as the PT-76.

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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 · 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
	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)