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Anti-tank gun
57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) is a anti-tank gun originating in Soviet Union. Reported operators include Albania, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, East Germany, Hungary, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia.
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Oct 2026 | 7.03 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 7.03 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Anti-tank gun
Soviet Union
See operators
World War II Vietnam War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War North Yemen Civil War South African Border War
design bureau of No. 92 Artillery Factory headed by V. G. Grabin
1941, 1943–1945
10,016
1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
7.03 m (23 ft 1 in)
bore: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in) L/69.3 overall: 4.16 m (13 ft 8 in) L/73
1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
1.37 m (4 ft 6 in)
7
Fixed QF 57×480 mmR ( AP )
57 mm (2.24 in)
Semi-automatic vertical sliding-wedge
Hydro-pneumatic
Split trail
-5° to 25°
56°
25 rpm cyclic 10 rpm practical
990 m/s (3,200 ft/s)
8.4 km (5.21 miles)
Albania
Bulgaria
China
Congo
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
East Germany
Hungary
North Korea
Poland
Romania
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
57 mm anti-tank gun M1943 (ZiS-2) equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Albania
Bulgaria
China
CubaArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZIS-2 (M-1943). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ANTI-TANK/ANTI-INFRASTRUCTURE / 57mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Egypt
GuineaReported count for ZiS-2. Service scope: Guinean Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 2. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2021), not the article revision. 2021 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Hungary
NamibiaReported count for ZiS-2. Service scope: Army equipment; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 6. Origin: Soviet Union. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Nicaragua
North Korea
Poland
Republic of the CongoArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZIS-2 (M-1943). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ANTI-TANK/ANTI-INFRASTRUCTURE / 57mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Romania
TogoArmy exact named equipment holdings: ZIS-2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ANTI-TANK/ANTI-INFRASTRUCTURE / GUNS 57mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Albania, Bulgaria, China, Congo, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, East Germany, Hungary, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia
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