Soviet OOB11 - 2020

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Originally Posted by DRG

That's nice but which "Russian book" and exactly which shell is the author claiming was "introduced" in 4/43 ? ....and does "introduced" translate as made-it-to-the-front "introduced" or when they started making it because what I keep finding ( when I can find anything at all ) is Russian 76.2mm BR-350P APCR, which is what the sabot pen in the game represents, did not make it to units until October 1943. BR-350A and B APHEBC by their penetration capability are what we class as AP.

This one: SU-76. "Bratskaya mogila ekipazha" ili oruzhe Pobyedy? ("Crew Brothers' grave" or weapon of the Victory?) https://voenka.kiev.ua/products/su-7...oruzhie-pobedy
It says, that in April 1943 there was "introduced BR-354P round into ammo load" (3,05 kg, 950 m/s, penetration 100 mm at 500 m).

However, Russian Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/76-%D0...%D0%98%D0%A1-3) claims, that there was a cartridge UBR-354P (53-УБР-354П), while its round designation was BR-350P (53-БР-350П). Other sources however name the round BR-354P http://www.russianarms.ru/forum/index.php?topic=12611.0 .
There is also an information in Wikipedia, that it was "commissioned" in April 1943.

Unfortunately, I don't know when they got to front. Possibly the round was accepted in April 1943, and then started limited deliveries...

On this forum somebody claims, that BR-350P wasn't produced (it was developed for all 76 mm guns including short ones) and was replaced with more spacialized BR-354P http://www.vif2ne.org/nvk/forum/arhprint/112545

There is a discussion if BR-354P were available at Kursk, basing on information, that it was introduced to T-34 in 10/43, but there are no conclusions. https://trizna.ru/forum/topic/25722-...4%D0%B8%D0%B9/