Early HEAT for Soviet tanks...

[DRG]

I will take this under consideration but if you are going to tell me ...

.......D-48 gun in #606 T-34/85 in Russian OOB is definitely too strong - D-48 used different and not exchangeable ammunition....

.....then best be prepared to provide me with hard info to support that contention.


Don

[Pibwl]

Originally Posted by DRG

I will take this under consideration but if you are going to tell me ...

.....then best be prepared to provide me with hard info to support that contention.

Don

At the moment I have only soft info in Russian
On the quoted pages, clearly copied from some book http://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/T...O/SuPTO033.htm and http://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/T...O/SuPTO034.htm there is enumerated ammunition for D-44: БP (BR) are AP rounds, БK (BK) - HEAT, all of "365" and "367" series plus BK-2 Heat.

On the following page http://vadimvswar.narod.ru/ALL_OUT/T...O/SuPTO035.htm there is ammo for D-48 - they are different rounds of "372" series. Moreover, under table 18 there is a remark: "For shooting of D-48 it is forbidden to use ammunition for D-44, KS-1, 52-K, 85mm tank and SP guns".

D-48 used apparently bigger cases, with 2.44 - 5.43 kg of powder, while D-44's had 1.5 - 2.6 kg of powder. But not only cartridges' numbers (UBR (YБP)), but also rounds' numbers (BR) differ.

(There were published lots of interesting books in Russian in past 20 year - seems, that they have to compensate for communist secret times. Moreover, those, who read them, are eager to spread them in the web... )

Regards
Michal