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AArtillery

At a glance
2A36 Giatsint-Blarger figure on 2 of 2
76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)larger figure on 0 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | 2A36 Giatsint-B | 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) |
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| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1976−present[source] | 1942–present[source] |
| Used by | See operators[source] | — |
| Wars | Gulf War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | World War II Korean War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War Angolan Civil War South African Border War Uganda–Tanzania War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Yugoslav Wars Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas |
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Designer | Yuri Kalachnikov[source] | design bureau of No. 92 Artillery Factory headed by V. G. Grabin[source] |
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| Designed | 1968−1975[source] | 1940[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Motovilikha Plants[source] | Artillery Factory No. 92[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$ 500,000−600,000 (export price, 1995)[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1976−1980s[source] | 1941–1945[source] |
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| No. built | 1,500[source] | 103,000+[source] |
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| Shell | 152.4 mm (6.00 in)[source] | Fixed QF 76.2×385mmR[source] |
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| Breech | Horizontal sliding-block[source] | Semi-automatic vertical sliding-wedge[source] |
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| Carriage | Split trail[source] | Split trail[source] |
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| Elevation | 57°[source] | −5° to +37°[source] |
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| Traverse | 25°[source] | 54°[source] |
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| Type | — | Field gun[source] |
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| Recoil | — | Hydro-pneumatic[source] |
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