History D-10 tank gun

d-10 tank gun in t-55 tank

at beginning of 1944, t-34 tank s f-34 76.2 mm tank gun replaced more powerful 85 mm gun. rendered year-old su-85 tank destroyer obsolescent, since d-5t 85 mm gun fielded more flexible medium tank. f. f. petrov s design bureau @ artillery factory no. 9 assigned task of producing 100 mm anti-tank gun used on su-85 chassis, proposed su-100. petrov s team modified s-34 naval gun use in armoured fighting vehicle.

the d-10 high-velocity gun of 100 mm bore diameter, barrel length of 53.5 calibres. muzzle velocity of 895 m/s gave anti-tank performance late-war standards. penetrate 164 mm of steel armor plate @ 1,000 m range, superior german 75 mm kwk 42 mounted on panther tank , tiger s 88 mm kwk 36 gun. testing against panther tanks @ kubinka showed d-10t penetrate panther s glacis 1500 m. performance grew when apds , more modern ammunition types developed after war. after war more effective high-explosive shell developed, taking advantage of larger 100 mm bore.

it designed equip su-100 tank destroyer d-10s (for sаmokhodnaya, self-propelled ), , later mounted on post-war t-54 main battle tank d-10t (for tankovaya, tank adj.). there no significant difference in functionality or performance. tested on t-34-100, t-44-100, kv-100, , is-2 (obyekt 245).

in 1955 stabilizer (vertical-plane stp-1 gorizont) , bore evacuator added new d-10tg version of gun. in 1956, subsequent d-10t2s version of gun began production t-54b , t-55 tanks, equipped two-plane tsyklon gun stabilization. versions of d-10 installed on new tanks late 1979, , thousands still remain in service in various countries.

returning naval roots, version of d-10 installed coastal artillery piece in finland in 1960s. weapon designated 100 56 tk in finnish navy service , consists of complete t-55 tank turret without stabilizer furnished manually operated ammunition lift, chute used cases, , gun laying apparatus allowing indirect fire directed remote fire control. maximum elevation of barrel increased , turret furnished new aiming optics, in cases including thermographic camera night use.