ZIS-2

The ZIS-2 is a Soviet 57mm towed anti-tank gun designed by Vasily Grabin. The gun went into production in 1941 and was able to penetrate any frontal armor of a German tank at that time. However, the sufficient parameters of the existing wz.1942 gun made the mass production of the ZIS-2 gun started in 1943, with the appearance of the Pz.Kpfw V and VI tanks on the front lines. More than 9500 pieces of this weapon were created, which served in anti-tank divisions of infantry divisions and in independent artillery regiments. After the end of hostilities, she was relatively quickly withdrawn from the Red Army. Technical data: barrel length: 4160mm, range: 8400m, caliber: 57mm, combat weight: 1250kg, projectile initial speed: 1270m / s (sub-caliber, anti-tank missile), rate of fire: 25rpm. Penetration: vertical armor plate 96mm at a distance of 1000m.