75 mm Reșița Model 1943
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The 75 mm Reșița Model 1943 was an anti-tank gun produced by Romania during World War II. It combined features from the Soviet ZiS-3 field/anti-tank gun, the German PaK 40 and the Romanian 75 mm Vickers/Reșița Model 1936 anti-aircraft gun. It saw service against both the Soviets during the Jassy-Kishniev Offensive and against the Germans during the Budapest Offensive and subsequent operations to clear Austria and Czechoslovakia.
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Reșița 75 mm anti-tank gun | |
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Type | anti-tank/field gun |
Place of origin | Romania |
Service history | |
In service | 1944—45? |
Used by | Romania |
Wars | World War II |
Production history | |
Designed | 1942—43 |
Manufacturer | Uzinele și Domeniile Reșița, Astra, Concordia |
Produced | 1944—45? |
No. built | 372+ |
Specifications (data from:[1]) | |
Mass | 1,430 kilograms (3,150 lb) |
Length | 5.45 metres (17.9 ft) |
Barrel length | 3.625 metres (142.7 in) (rifling) L/48 |
Width | 1.82 metres (6.0 ft) |
Height | 1.55 metres (5.1 ft) |
Crew | 7 |
Shell | Fixed QF 75×561mm R [2] |
Shell weight | 6.6 kilograms (15 lb) (AP) |
Caliber | 75 millimetres (3.0 in) |
Breech | Vertical sliding-block |
Carriage | Split trail |
Elevation | -7° to +35° |
Traverse | 70° |
Rate of fire | up to 20 rounds per minute |
Muzzle velocity | 1,030 metres per second (3,400 ft/s) |
Maximum firing range | 12,000 metres (13,000 yd) (HE) |
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According to British historian Mark Axworthy, the gun could be considered the most versatile of its class developed during World War II, outperforming Soviet, German and Western counterparts.[3]