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85 mm anti-tank gun D-48

Field	Value
name	85-mm antitank gun D-48
image	85-мм противотанковая пушка Д-48 (8).jpg
image_size	300
caption	85 mm antitank gun D-48.
origin	Soviet Union
type	Anti-tank gun
is_artillery	yes
wars	Lebanese Civil War
First Chechen War
Second Chechen War
design_date	1948
production_date	1955–1957
variants	Type 60
weight	2,350 kg (5,180.8 lbs)
length	8.72 m (28.6 ft)
part_length	74 calibers (6.29 m)
width	1.59 m (5.22 ft)
height	1.89 m (6.2 ft)
crew	6
cartridge	Fixed QF 85×708mm R
caliber	85 mm
rate	up to 15 rounds per minute (max)
8 rounds per minute (normal)
velocity	1040 m/s
range	1200 m
max_range	18.97 km (11.8 mi)
sights	OP-2-77
OP-4-77
carriage	split trail
elevation	-6° to 35°
traverse	54°

First Chechen War Second Chechen War 8 rounds per minute (normal) OP-4-77

The 85-mm antitank gun D-48 () was a Soviet 85-mm calibre anti-tank gun used after World War II. It was designed as the replacement for the 100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3). Distinguishing features of the D-48 include a very long barrel and a pepper-pot muzzle brake. The D-48 was itself replaced in the 1960s by the T-12 antitank gun.

Overview

The gun was designed by the F. F. Petrov Design Bureau on the basis of the D-44 85-mm divisional gun and production of the D-48 began in 1953 at the No. 75 factory in Yurga. The D-48 used the breechblock from the BS-3 100-mm field gun in order to achieve a rate of fire of 15 rounds per minute at maximum cadence. The gun can transition from march to combat order in about two minutes.

The D-48N was a version with an APN 2-77 or 3-77 infrared imaging device fitted for night combat. A licensed version of the D-48 was produced in China as the Type 60.

The gun fires a high velocity armor-piercing-capped-ballistic-cap tracer (APCBC-T) BR-372 Projectile at 1040 meters per second and can penetrate 185mm of armor at a range of 1000 meters at an angle of obliquity of 90 degrees. The 3BK-7 high explosive antitank (HEAT) projectile can penetrate 192mm of armor at an angle of obliquity of 60 degrees. The effective range of armor-piercing shells for the D-48 is 1,230 meters (HVAP-T) or 940 meters (HEAT). Additionally, the D-48 antitank gun is capable of firing a 9.66 kilogram OF-372 high explosive projectile to a direct fire range of 1,200 meters or an indirect fire range of 18.97 kilometers. The Ammunition for the D-48 was developed by necking down 100-mm ammunition in order to achieve higher muzzle velocities.

The gun is towed by a URAL-375D truck or an AT-P tractor with a maximum towing speed over asphalt roadway of about 60 km/h. The tires on the D-48 are those of the ZIS-5 truck.

Designs with auxiliary power units were also investigated but never developed beyond prototype stage.

These data are not directly comparable as various measurement methods are used.
They are, however, illustrative of the relative performance of the weapons.

Use by other nations

The D-48 has been exported to Afghanistan, Bulgaria, Congo, India, Iraq, North Korea, Mongolia, Mozambique, Romania, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Vietnam.

Citations

References

Brassey's Encyclopedia of Land Forces and Warfare, Brassey's Inc., Washington D.C., 2000, .
Die Landstreitkräfte der NVA, Wilfried Kopenhagen, Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttart, 2003, .
Jane's Armour and Artillery 1981-1982, Jane's Publishing Company Ltd, London, 1982.
Shunkov V. N. - The Weapons of the Red Army, Mn. Harvest, 1999 (Шунков В. Н. - Оружие Красной Армии. — Мн.: Харвест, 1999.) .

References

Foss, Christopher. (1977). "Jane's pocket book of towed artillery". Collier.
"Post-war anti-tank artillery. 85-mm D-48 TAP — Encyclopedia of safety".
"Page in Russian on the D-48.".
Janes, p. 525.
Janes, p. 526.

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