The 76-mm air-defense gun M1914/15 was the first Russian purpose-built anti-aircraft gun. Adopted during World War I, the gun remained in production until 1934.
Зенитное орудие на колчаковском поезде 1919
V.V. Tarnovsky (leftmost) at the Guards headquarters with the developers of the first special 76 mm anti-aircraft gun, March 1915.
Pattern 1914/15 guns aboard an armored train.
Battleship Marat's 12-inch bow triple gun turret. Three Pattern 1914/15 guns are on the turret roof.
Gangut-class battleship
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The Gangut class, also known as the Sevastopol class, were the first dreadnoughts built for the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I. They had a convoluted design history involving several British
76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15
…Zheleznyakov, and Shaumyan were originally fitted with two Pattern 1914/15 guns. Dzerzhinski received two Pattern 1914/15 guns after a 1929 refit. Gangut-class battleships - As built the ships of this class were each armed with a single Pattern 1914/15 gun on the quarterdeck. After 1920–1922 refits three guns were added…
Gangut during World War I
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1912
Gangut and Poltava fitting out during the winter of 1911–1912