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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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The '''57 mm ZIS-4M''' is a Soviet tank cannon.
  
 
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* {{Specs-Link|ussr_t_34_57_1943}}
  
 
== General info ==
 
== General info ==
 
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=== Available shells ===
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=== Available ammunition ===
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{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|BR-271, BR-271K, O-271, BR-271P}}
  
 
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The ZIS-4M's characteristics are identical to the following cannons:
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* [[ZIS-2 (57 mm)]]
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* [[ZIS-4 (57 mm)]]
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The only difference is that the ZIS-4M can fire an APCR shot.
  
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== Usage in battles ==
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The 57 mm ZIS-4M cannon has good penetration power and a high muzzle velocity, making it good for sniping.
  
 
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* High penetration power
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* Good rate of fire
  
 
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* Small calibre gives it poorer post-penetration damage than 75 mm cannons
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{{USSR tank cannons}}
 
{{USSR tank cannons}}
  
 
[[Category:Tank cannons]]
 
[[Category:Tank cannons]]

Latest revision as of 18:58, 28 January 2023

Description

The 57 mm ZIS-4M is a Soviet tank cannon.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.

Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
BR-271 APHEBC 145 142 128 112 98 86
BR-271K APHE 145 140 118 95 77 63
O-271 HE 12 12 10 8 6 5
BR-271P APCR 177 167 131 96 71 52
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead 		Velocity
(m/s) 		Projectile
mass (kg) 		Fuse delay
(m) 		Fuse sensitivity
(mm) 		Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g) 		Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
BR-271 APHEBC 990 3.14 1.2 9 21.56 48° 63° 71°
BR-271K APHE 990 3.14 1.2 9 27.72 47° 60° 65°
O-271 HE 700 3.72 0.4 0.1 220 79° 80° 81°
BR-271P APCR 1,270 1.79 - - - 66° 70° 72°

Comparison with analogues

The ZIS-4M's characteristics are identical to the following cannons:

The only difference is that the ZIS-4M can fire an APCR shot.

Usage in battles

The 57 mm ZIS-4M cannon has good penetration power and a high muzzle velocity, making it good for sniping.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • High penetration power
  • Good rate of fire

Cons:

  • Small calibre gives it poorer post-penetration damage than 75 mm cannons

History

Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of the weapon in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too long, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the weapon and adding a block "/ History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref></ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <references />.

Media

Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

  • reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
  • references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.

External links

Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:

  • topic on the official game forum;
  • other literature.


USSR tank cannons
20 mm  TNSh
30 mm  2A42 · 2A72 · AG-30
45 mm  20-K
57 mm  AU-220 · Ch-51M · ZIS-2 · ZIS-4 · ZIS-4M
73 mm  2A28
76 mm  1902/30 · 3-K · D-56TS · F-32 · F-34 · F-96 · KT-28 · L-10 · L-11 · ZIS-3 · ZIS-5
85 mm  D-5S · D-5T · D-58 · D-70 · F-30 · ZIS-S-53
100 mm  2A48 · 2A70 · D-10S · D-10T · D-10T2S · D-50 · LB-1 · S-34
107 mm  ZIS-6
115 mm  U-5TS
122 mm  A-19 · D-25-44T · D-25S · D-25T · D-25TS · D-30T · D-49 · M-30 · M-62-T2S
125 mm  2A26 · 2A46 · 2A46M · 2A46M-1 · 2A46M-4 · 2A46M-5 · 2A46MS · 2A75 · D-126
130 mm  B-13 · C-70 · M-65
152 mm  2A33 · LP-83 · M-10T · M-64 · M-69 · ML-20S
  Foreign:
37 mm  M5 (USA)
50 mm  KwK L/42 (Germany)
57 mm  6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · M1 (USA)
75 mm  KwK42 (Germany) · M2 (USA)
76 mm  M1 (USA)
85 mm  Type-62-85-TC (China)

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