85-mm air-defense gun M1939 (52-K)
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| 85-mm air defense gun model 1939 (52-К) | |
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 52-K in Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin. |
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| Type | air defense gun |
| Place of origin | USSR |
| Production history | |
| Produced | 1939-? |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | combat: 4,500 kg travel: 4,500 kg |
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| Caliber | 85 mm |
| Elevation | -3° to 82° |
| Traverse: | 360° |
| Rate of fire | 10-12 rounds per minute |
| Maximum range | 15.65 km |
85-mm air defense gun model 1939 (52-K) (Russian: 85-мм зенитная пушка образца 1939 года (52-К)) was 85 mm Soviet air defense gun, developed under guidance of leading Soviet designers M. N. Loginov and G. D. Dorokhin. Guns of this type were successfully used throughout the Great Patriotic War against level bombers and other high- and medium-altitude targets. In emergencies they were utilized as powerful anti-tank weapons. The barrel of 52-K was the base for the family of 85-mm Soviet tank guns. Crews of 85-mm AD guns shot down 4047 Axis planes. The mean quantity of 85-mm ammunition to shoot down one enemy plane was 598 rounds. After the war some 52-Ks were refitted for peaceful artillery usage as anti-avalanche guns in a mountainous terrain.
[edit] Description
Adopted in 1939, the 85mm M1939 like its counterpart the 88mm gun was meant for air defense. Like many AA guns of the era it was provided with antitank ammunition in the event a tank should appear. This factor was of immense value when it came time to upgun the T-34, and a derivative of the M39 was chosen for the new gun. It also appeared on the SU-85 assault gun. Virtually every country behind the Iron Curtain received this gun after World War II for their air defense.
[edit] See also
[edit] References and external links
- Shunkov V. N. - The Weapons of the Red Army, Mn. Harvest, 1999 (Шунков В. Н. - Оружие Красной Армии. — Мн.: Харвест, 1999.) ISBN 985-433-469-4
- Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. ISBN 1-58663-299-X
| Soviet Artillery of Great Patriotic War |
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| Anti-tank guns |
| 37-mm gun 1-K | 45-mm gun M1937 | 45-mm gun M-42 | 57-mm gun ZiS-2 | 100-mm gun BS-3 |
| Mountain guns |
| 76-mm mountain gun M1938 |
| Regimental guns |
| 76-mm gun M1927 | 76-mm gun M1943 |
| Divisional guns |
| 76-mm gun M1902/30 | 76-mm gun F-22 | 76-mm gun USV | 76-mm gun ZiS-3 122-mm howitzer M1909/37 | 122-mm howitzer M1910/30 | 122-mm howitzer M-30 |
| Corps and Army level guns |
| 122-mm gun A-19 | 152-mm howitzer M1909/30 | 152-mm howitzer M1910/37 152-mm howitzer M-10 | 152-mm howitzer D-1 | 152-mm gun M1910/30 152-mm gun M1910/34 | 152-mm gun-howitzer ML-20 |
| Very heavy guns |
| 152-mm gun M1935 | 203-mm howitzer B-4 | 210-mm gun M1939 280-mm mortar M1939 | 305-mm howitzer M1939 |
| Air defense guns |
| 25-mm gun 72-K | 37-mm gun 61-K | 76-mm gun M1938 | 85-mm gun 52-K |
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