25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K)
72-K in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum.
Type	air defense gun
Place of origin	USSR
Specifications
Weight	1,210 kg
Crew	5
Caliber	25 mm
Traverse	360°
Maximum range	2.4 km

25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) (Russian: 25-мм автоматическая зенитная пушка образца 1940 года (72-К)) was a Soviet 25 mm caliber anti-aircraft gun. The gun was created in the beginning of 1940 at 8th Kalinin Artillery Plant in Kaliningrad under the guidance of its Chief Designer Mikhail Loginov.

Soviet Artillery of Great Patriotic War
Anti-tank guns
37 mm anti-tank gun M1930 (1-K) | 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937 (53-K) | 45 mm anti-tank gun M1942 (M-42) 57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) | 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)
Mountain guns
76 mm mountain gun M1938
Regimental guns
76 mm regimental gun M1927 | 76 mm regimental gun M1943
Divisional guns
76 mm divisional gun M1902/30 | 76 mm divisional gun M1936 (F-22) | 76 mm divisional gun M1939 (USV) 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) | 107 mm divisional gun M1940 (M-60) |122 mm howitzer M1909/37 122 mm howitzer M1910/30 | 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) | 152 mm mortar M1931 (NM)
Corps and Army level guns
107 mm gun M1910/30 | 122 mm gun M1931/37 (A-19) | 152 mm howitzer M1909/30 152 mm howitzer M1910/37 | 152 mm howitzer M1938 (M-10) | 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) 152 mm gun M1910/30 | 152 mm gun M1910/34 | 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)
Very heavy guns
152 mm gun M1935 (Br-2) | 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) | 210 mm gun M1939 (Br-17) 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) | 305 mm howitzer M1939 (Br-18)
Air defense guns
25 mm automatic air defense gun M1940 (72-K) | 37 mm automatic air defense gun M1939 (61-K) 76 mm air defense gun M1938 | 85 mm air defense gun M1939 (52-K)

[edit] External links

• Soviet 25mm Anti-Aircraft gun(Automatic gun) 72-K Model 1940 – Walk around photos