85-mm divisional gun D-44

For sale exhibit D-44, 85-mm divisional gun model 1944

After restoration. With expertise.

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Not a weapon. For decorative use only. Suitable for museums, patriotic parks, for art objects, expositions, collections.

Characteristics

• Years of release - 1945 - 1957
• In total, more than 12,500 units were produced.
• Caliber - 85 mm
• Weight in combat position - 1725 kg
• Barrel length - 4685 mm
• The length of the threaded part - 3496 mm
• Calculation - 6 people

At the final stage of the Great Patriotic War, when the Red Army switched to active offensive operations, the front urgently demanded a more powerful divisional gun than the standard 76-mm ZIS-3 cannon of the 1942 model.
The transition to a larger caliber was necessary, since the Wehrmacht had new heavy tanks with powerful armor. During the development work carried out in 1944, several design bureaus at once offered their own versions of 85-mm divisional guns, the best of which was recognized as the 85-mm divisional gun D-44, developed by OKB-9 F.F. Petrov at the artillery plant number 9 ("Uralmash") in Sverdlovsk. Its first prototype, manufactured at the plant number 92 (named after Stalin) in the city of Gorky, received the designation "ZIS-D-44".
Gun D-44 made according to the classical scheme of an artillery gun, its distinguishing features are the compact placement of guidance mechanisms, the low height of the line of fire and the possibility of transportation by mechanical traction at a high speed of movement. The barrel consisted of a monoblock pipe, breech, clutch, muzzle brake and clip. Along with an active muzzle brake, a significant part of the recoil force was absorbed by hydropneumatic recoil devices mounted in a clip above the barrel.

• State: Used

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