85 mm divisional gun D-44
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The 85-mm divisional gun D-44 was a Soviet divisional 85-mm calibre field artillery gun used in the last action of World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 76 mm divisional gun M1942.
85 mm D-44 divisional gun.
Type 56, PLA D-44 variant
D-44 on display at Georgia Veterans State Park
T-34 variants
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The T-34 medium tank is one of the most-produced and longest-lived tanks of all time.
85 mm divisional gun D-44
…some of their D-44 guns with electrical subsystems in the early 1980s and designated them D-44M and D-44MN. The barrel was developed from that of the T-34-85 tank and was capable of firing 20–25 high-explosive (HE), armor-piercing, and high-explosive antitank (HEAT) projectiles per minute. Subcaliber BR-365P…
T-34 family portrait, 1941 (BT-7, A-20, T-34 Models 1940 and 1941)
The original T-34 Model 1940 can be recognized by the low-slung barrel of the L-11 gun, below a bulge in the mantlet housing its recoil mechanism. This particular vehicle is a pre-production A-34 prototype, recognizable by the small driver's hatch and single-piece front hull.
The model 1943 had an all-new hexagonal turret with bulbous trunnion housing.
A commander's cupola was added during the model 1942 production run to improve all-round vision. This variant was known as T-34 Model 1943.