85 mm anti-tank gun D-48
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The 85-mm antitank gun D-48 was a Soviet 85-mm calibre anti-tank gun used after World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 100 mm field gun M1944. Distinguishing features of the D-48 inc
85 mm antitank gun D-48.
100 mm anti-tank gun T-12
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2A19 or T-12 is a Soviet-designed 100-mm anti-tank gun. It was the first anti-tank gun to adopt a smoothbore barrel, and to introduce modern armor piercing shot, like the APFSDS. It uses long projecti
85 mm anti-tank gun D-48
…BS-3). Distinguishing features of the D-48 include a very long barrel and a pepper-pot muzzle brake. The D-48 was itself replaced in the 1960s by the T-12 antitank gun. The gun was designed by the F. F. Petrov Design Bureau on the basis of the D-44 85-mm divisional gun and production of the D-48 began in 1953 at the…
T-12 displayed in the Artillery Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
T-12 rear view showing only the two recoil tubes.
The mechanical S71-40 indirect aiming mechanism
Ukraine's first self propelled T-12