SU-76M (5th Gv.Kav.Corps) - Revision history

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 ==== Ammunition ====
-{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" width="100%"
+{{:ZIS-3 (76 mm)/Ammunition|BR-350A (MD-5 fuze), BR-350SP, BR-354P, BP-353A, BR-350B (MD-8 fuze), OF-350M, Sh-354T, D-350A}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ! 10 m !! 100 m !! 500 m !! 1,000 m !! 1,500 m !! 2,000 m
 |-
-| BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 87 || 85 || 76 || 67 || 59 || 52
+| BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 87 || 85 || 77 || 69 || 62 || 55
 |-
-| BR-350SP || APBC || 102 || 100 || 91 || 81 || 72 || 64
+| BR-350SP || APBC || 99 || 96 || 87 || 76 || 66 || 58
 |-
-| BR-354P || APCR || 125 || 119 || 92 || 68 || 50 || 36
+| BR-354P || APCR || 125 || 117 || 87 || 60 || 41 || 28
 |-
 | BP-353A || HEAT || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80
 |-
-| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 94 || 92 || 83 || 73 || 65 || 57
+| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 96 || 94 || 84 || 74 || 64 || 56
 |-
 | OF-350M || HE || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10 || 10
 |-
-| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 37 || 35 || 29 || 25 || 20 || 17
+| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 35 || 34 || 30 || 26 || 22 || 19
 |-
 |}
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 ! rowspan="2" | Type of<br>warhead
 ! rowspan="2" | Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! rowspan="2" | Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse delay<br>(m)
 ! rowspan="2" | Fuse sensitivity<br>(mm)
-! rowspan="2" | Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! rowspan="2" | Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 ! colspan="3" | Ricochet
 |-
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 | BR-350A (MD-5 fuze) || APHEBC || 662 || 6.3 || 1.2 || 14 || 150 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
-| BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.78 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.5 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
 | BR-354P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
 |-
-| BP-353A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| BP-353A || HEAT || 355 || 3.94 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 739.2 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
-| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.3 || 0.9 || 14 || 98.56 || 48° || 63° || 71°
+| BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.5 || 0.9 || 14 || 100.1 || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
 | OF-350M || HE || 680 || 6.2 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 621 || 79° || 80° || 81°
 |-
-| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 680 || 6.2 || 0.5 || 8 || 85 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| Sh-354T || Shrapnel || 618 || 6.44 || 1.2 || 14 || 85 || 62° || 69° || 73°
 |-
 |}
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 ! Ammunition
 ! Velocity<br>(m/s)
-! Projectile<br>Mass (kg)
+! Projectile<br>mass (kg)
 ! Screen radius<br>(m)
 ! Screen deploy time<br>(s)
 ! Screen hold time<br>(s)
-! Explosive Mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
+! Explosive mass<br>(TNT equivalent) (g)
 |-
 | D-350A || 680 || 6.45 || 13 || 5 || 20 || 50

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 The SU-76M is armed with the '''76 mm ZiS-3''' field gun, a versatile artillery piece that is very capable of performing in the anti-tank role at this BR. It has a decent rate-of-fire and a wide traverse arc, but the mounting has very poor gun depression due to the obstruction of the hydraulic recoil cylinder below the gun barrel.
-It has a very wide selection of ammunition, though only a few are worth using regularly. The stock BR-350A APHEBC shell is adequate enough for most purposes, although it will struggle against heavy tanks like the [[Churchill (Family)|Churchill]] at long ranges. The BR-350B APHEBC shell is arguably the best all-round projectile available, combining decent penetration with excellent lethality, allowing it to frontally penetrate almost all tanks it will face. Against particularly heavy armour, the BR-350P APCR shot is available, though its poor lethality and performance against sloped armour will tend to disappoint, for example against a M4A3(105). The BR-350SP APBC shot is a solid shot round with no filler, but it creates more spalling than the APCR and is somewhat more lethal. The BP-350A HEAT round is occasionally useful for long-range fighting since it does not lose penetration with distance, but the Soviet 76 mm guns generally do not perform very well at long range, and work better at medium to close range. The Sh-354T shrapnel round creates a lot of fragments when it penetrates, but is only effective against lighter vehicles.
+It has a very wide selection of ammunition, though only a few are worth using regularly. The stock BR-350A APHEBC shell is adequate enough for most purposes, although it will struggle against heavy tanks like the [[Churchill (Family)|Churchill]] at long ranges. The BR-350B APHEBC shell is arguably the best all-round projectile available, combining decent penetration with excellent lethality, allowing it to frontally penetrate almost all tanks it will face. Against particularly heavy armour, the BR-354P APCR shot is available, though its poor lethality and performance against sloped armour will tend to disappoint, for example against a M4A3(105). The BR-350SP APBC shot is a solid shot round with no filler, but it creates more spalling than the APCR and is somewhat more lethal. The BP-353A HEAT round is occasionally useful for long-range fighting since it does not lose penetration with distance, but the Soviet 76 mm guns generally do not perform very well at long range, and work better at medium to close range. The Sh-354T shrapnel round creates a lot of fragments when it penetrates, but is only effective against lighter vehicles.
 Due to the rather curved shell trajectory, the SU-76 is best used at close to medium ranges (0-800 m) where the trajectory does not impact the accuracy too much. Beyond 800 m, it is still viable, though considerably harder for new players to aim.
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 | BR-350SP || APBC || 102 || 100 || 91 || 81 || 72 || 64
 |-
-| BR-350P || APCR || 125 || 119 || 92 || 68 || 50 || 36
+| BR-354P || APCR || 125 || 119 || 92 || 68 || 50 || 36
 |-
-| BP-350A || HEAT || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80
+| BP-353A || HEAT || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80 || 80
 |-
 | BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 94 || 92 || 83 || 73 || 65 || 57
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 | BR-350SP || APBC || 655 || 6.78 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 48° || 63° || 71°
 |-
-| BR-350P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
+| BR-354P || APCR || 950 || 3.02 || N/A || N/A || N/A || 66° || 70° || 72°
 |-
-| BP-350A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
+| BP-353A || HEAT || 355 || 5.3 || 0.05 || 0.1 || 959.42 || 62° || 69° || 73°
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 | BR-350B (MD-8 fuze) || APHEBC || 655 || 6.3 || 0.9 || 14 || 98.56 || 48° || 63° || 71°
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 Unfortunately, the SU-76 has fairly poor mobility, handling, and a vastly different gun when compared to its smaller and more mobile cousin, the ZiS-30. However, the gun on the SU-76 is definitely more powerful than the ZiS-30's 57 mm. The sheer force of the 76 mm shells will cause huge amounts of trauma to a target upon penetration. The SU-76 is also more well armoured than the ZiS-30 and provides much more protection to the gunner crew, especially from smaller calibre rounds (Unless fired from the rear). Given its poor gun depression and velocity, the SU-76 should be used as a mobile brawler and ambusher. It is well suited to performing ambushes in urban areas. The high HE filler of the 76 mm shell makes it capable of disabling nearly all enemy armour with a single hit at its BR. A minor issue with the SU-76 is that it has no defensive machine gun, meaning that responding quickly to SPAA is difficult.
-The main weapon is the aspect that makes the SU-76M a decent vehicle, while all its other aspects are not exactly great. The assortment of ammo is a distinct expert for this SPG, its APCR and HEAT shells still being deadly even in higher BR battles, enabling this modest tank destroyer to destroy higher-positioning tanks like the Tiger H1 with well-placed shots. Recently, the considerably more effective late-war BR-350B ammo has been added to the SU-76M's ammunition alternatives. It includes recognisably more penetration and a superior fuze in return for to some degree less explosive filler. Notwithstanding this, the SU-76M will regularly annihilate most foes in a single shot when the shells go through. Once unlocked, the SU-76 is very good at taking out any tank with a single shot from the front, however there sometimes might be a need to use different ammo types to manage various targets. For example, against moderately-armoured light/medium tanks, the explosive AP shells are adequate, whereas against a B1/M4A3 (105), the solid APCR (BR-350P) might become handy.
+The main weapon is the aspect that makes the SU-76M a decent vehicle, while all its other aspects are not exactly great. The assortment of ammo is a distinct expert for this SPG, its APCR and HEAT shells still being deadly even in higher BR battles, enabling this modest tank destroyer to destroy higher-positioning tanks like the Tiger H1 with well-placed shots. Recently, the considerably more effective late-war BR-350B ammo has been added to the SU-76M's ammunition alternatives. It includes recognisably more penetration and a superior fuze in return for to some degree less explosive filler. Notwithstanding this, the SU-76M will regularly annihilate most foes in a single shot when the shells go through. Once unlocked, the SU-76 is very good at taking out any tank with a single shot from the front, however there sometimes might be a need to use different ammo types to manage various targets. For example, against moderately-armoured light/medium tanks, the explosive AP shells are adequate, whereas against a B1/M4A3 (105), the solid APCR (BR-354P) might become handy.
 '''Enemies worth noting:'''

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 ! ''Arcade''
-| rowspan="2" | 60 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+15° || rowspan="2" | ±15° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 6.2 || 8.5 || 10.4 || 11.5 || 12.2 || rowspan="2" | 8.97 || rowspan="2" | 7.94 || rowspan="2" | 7.31 || rowspan="2" | 6.90
+| rowspan="2" | 60 || rowspan="2" | -5°/+15° || rowspan="2" | ±15° || rowspan="2" | N/A || 6.2 || 8.5 || 10.4 || 11.5 || 12.2 || rowspan="2" | 7.80 || rowspan="2" | 6.90 || rowspan="2" | 6.36 || rowspan="2" | 6.00
 |-
 ! ''Realistic''
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 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====
 [[File:Ammoracks_SU-76M.png|right|thumb|x250px|[[Ammo racks]] of the {{PAGENAME}}]]
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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 == Description ==
 <!-- ''In the description, the first part should be about the history of the creation and combat usage of the vehicle, as well as its key features. In the second part, tell the reader about the ground vehicle in the game. Insert a screenshot of the vehicle, so that if the novice player does not remember the vehicle by name, he will immediately understand what kind of vehicle the article is talking about.'' -->
-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory"]]. The vehicle was made available during the [[wt:en/news/3084-special-the-most-important-strike-en|WW2 Chronicles]] and [[wt:en/news/3309/current/|"Tanker's Day Specials!"]] events in 2015, and again in the [[wt:en/news/4691-vday-victory-day-tournament-en|Victory Day Tournament]] and [[wt:en/news/4954-event-happy-tanker-s-day-en|"Happy tanker's day!"]] events in 2017.
+The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} Soviet tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update 1.49 "Weapons of Victory"]]. The vehicle was made available during the [[wt:en/news/3084-special-the-most-important-strike-en|WW2 Chronicles]] and [[wt:en/news/3309/current/|"Tanker's Day Specials!"]] events in 2015, and again in the [[wt:en/news/4691-vday-victory-day-tournament-en|Victory Day Tournament]] and [[wt:en/news/4954-event-happy-tanker-s-day-en|"Happy tanker's day!"]] events in 2017, it later appeared in the [[Warbonds]] shop as part of the trophy chest in [[wt:en/news/5432-news-how-can-you-get-premium-vehicles-warbonds-en|April 2018]].
 The finest example of a so-called "glass cannon", SU-76M is a small, nimble SPG, but its strongest trait is its gun – the 76.2 mm (3-inch) ZiS-3 possesses a good rate of fire, is able to frontally penetrate and destroy any opposition at the given BR spread, and its shrapnel round is extremely effective against self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and other lightly armoured vehicles, making the HE shell somewhat redundant.

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		+	\| about = Soviet premium tank destroyer '''{{PAGENAME}}'''
		+	\| usage = other versions
		+	\| link = SU-76M (Family)
		+	}}
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 Unfortunately, the SU-76 has fairly poor mobility, handling, and a vastly different gun when compared to its smaller and more mobile cousin, the ZiS-30. However, the gun on the SU-76 is definitely more powerful than the ZiS-30's 57 mm. The sheer force of the 76 mm shells will cause huge amounts of trauma to a target upon penetration. The SU-76 is also more well armoured than the ZiS-30 and provides much more protection to the gunner crew, especially from smaller caliber rounds (Unless fired from the rear). Given its poor gun depression and velocity, the SU-76 should be used as a mobile brawler and ambusher. It is well suited to performing ambushes in urban areas. The high HE filler of the 76mm shell makes it capable of OHK'ing nearly all enemy armour at its 2.3 BR. A minor issue with the SU-76 is that it has no defensive machine gun, meaning that responding quickly to SPAA is difficult.
-The gun in itself is what makes the SU-76M a good vehicle, all its other characteristics are less than impressive. The variety of ammunition is a definite pro for this SPG, its APCR and HEAT shells being effective even at higher ranks, giving this humble tank destroyer the ability to down higher-ranking tanks like the [[Tiger H1]]. Recently, the much more effective late-war BR-350B ammunition has been added to the SU-76M's ammunition options. It features noticeably more penetration and a better fuze in exchange for somewhat less explosive mass. Despite this, the SU-76M will often destroy most enemies in one shot when the shells penetrate. Once unlocked, the SU-76 is quite capable of dealing with any tank it is likely to see from the front, though there may be a need to swap ammunition often to deal with different targets.
+The main weapon is the aspect that makes the SU-76M a decent vehicle, while all its other aspects are not exactly great. The assortment of ammo is a distinct expert for this SPG, its APCR and HEAT shells still being deadly even in higher BR battles, enabling this modest tank destroyer to destroy higher-positioning tanks like the Tiger H1 with well-placed shots. Recently, the considerably more effective late-war BR-350B ammo has been added to the SU-76M's ammunition alternatives. It includes recognisably more penetration and a superior fuze in return for to some degree less explosive filler. Notwithstanding this, the SU-76M will regularly annihilate most foes in a single shot when the shells go through. Once unlocked, the SU-76 is very good at one-shotting any tank it is probably going to see from the front, however there sometimes might be a need to use different ammo types to manage various targets. For example, against moderately-armoured light/medium tanks, the explosive AP shells are adequate, wheras against a B1/M4A3 (105), the solid APCR (BR-350P) might become handy.
 '''Enemies worth noting:'''

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 <!-- ''Write about the mobility of the ground vehicle. Estimate the specific power and manoeuvrability, as well as the maximum speed forwards and backwards.'' -->
-{{tankMobility|abMinHp=199|rbMinHp=124}}
+{{tankMobility|abMinHp=199|rbMinHp=124}}The SU-76M has an adequate top speed of about 30 km/h. It does have a good power/weight ratio, giving it nice acceleration. Its tracks are short and far apart, allowing it to traverse the hull relatively easy. Considering how lightly armoured it is, however, this mobility does not seem that good. It also has a poor reverse speed of only 5 km/h which can sometimes prevent the player from retreating to safety, putting the player at great risk. The tracks are very narrow, resulting in very sluggish movement and acceleration in snowy, sandy or muddy maps. Generally the SU-76 will fall behind common tanks such as M3A3 Stuart, Pz.IV.C, A13, etc. Therefore, with this level of mobility, the SU-76 is limited to a short-range defensive tank destroyer that should only go to where it is needed, and cannot afford to constantly perform long-range cross-country maneuvers.
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