6 RUSSIAN 76,2MM GUN, MODEL 1902/1930

Division gun wz. 1902/1930 (another designation: the F-10 gun) is a Soviet 76.2 mm field gun from the interwar period and World War II. The weapon was mass-produced in the years 1931-1937. The maximum range - in the L / 40 version - reached 12,900 meters. The initial velocity of the projectile was about 700 m / s, and the weight of the weapon in the march position was 2,380 kg. The rate of fire with a well-trained crew was up to 10 shots per minute. Division gun wz. 1902/1930 was developed as a far-reaching modification and development of the wz.1902 gun. First of all, it used a stronger cartridge chamber, which allowed it to fire bullets with a more powerful throwing charge, and the ballistics of the ammunition itself was also improved. The barrel elevation angle and the barrel length were also increased to 30 and 40 calibers. The production of the guns was carried out mainly by modernizing the already existing wz. 1902. Cannons of this type served as a weapon to support infantry at the regiment and division level. They were used in combat, inter alia, during the Winter War with Finland (1939-1940) and in the initial period of the German-Soviet war (1941-1945).