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Description

The F-34 was a 76.2 mm cannon designed by P. Muraviev of Vasiliy Grabin's design bureau at Factory No. 92 in Gorky. It was secretly implemented into the new T-34 (1941) without bureaucratic approval, but was so well-received that it would become the default 76.2 mm tank cannon for the USSR during WWII.

A variant, the ZiS-5, was made to better fit into the KV-1 series of tanks, and the F-96 was a redesignation of said ZiS-5 to be installed into field variants of the Matilda II.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Ground vehicles

Naval vessels

General info

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Available ammunition

Ground vehicles

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
Ammunition	Type of warhead	10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
BR-350A (MD-5 fuse)	APHEBC	87	85	77	69	62	55
BR-350B (MD-8 fuse)	APHEBC	96	94	84	74	64	56
BR-350SP	APBC	99	96	87	76	66	58
BR-354P	APCR	125	117	87	60	41	28
BP-353A	HEAT	80	80	80	80	80	80
OF-350M	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sh-354T	Shrapnel	35	34	30	26	22	19

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	0%	50%	100%
BR-350A (MD-5 fuse)	APHEBC	662	6.3	1.2	14	150	48°	63°	71°
BR-350B (MD-8 fuse)	APHEBC	655	6.5	0.9	14	100.1	48°	63°	71°
BR-350SP	APBC	655	6.5	-	-	-	48°	63°	71°
BR-354P	APCR	950	3.02	-	-	-	66°	70°	72°
BP-353A	HEAT	355	3.94	0.05	0.1	600	62°	69°	73°
OF-350M	HE	680	6.2	0.05	0.1	621	79°	80°	81°
Sh-354T	Shrapnel	618	6.44	1.2	14	85	62°	69°	73°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
D-350A	680	6.45	13	5	20	50

Naval vessels

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
Ammunition	Type of warhead	100 m	1,000 m	2,000 m	3,000 m	4,000 m	5,000 m
OF-350M	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10
BR-350A	APHEBC	85	70	56	45	37	30

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	0%	50%	100%
OF-350M	HE	680	6.2	0	0.1	621	79°	80°	81°
BR-350A	APHEBC	665	6.3	1.6	4	150	48°	63°	71°

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

Large variety of shell
APCR can penetrate up to 125mm at point blank

Cons:

Will struggle against foes with sloping armor

History

The F-34 was a cannon first developed for the T-34 medium tank. The gun was designed by P. Muraviev of Vasiliy Grabin's design bureau at Factory No. 92 in Gorky. While the F-34 was superior to the older F-32 and L-11 from the Kirov Plant in Leningrad, the L-11 was already selected for use in the T-34 because Kirov Plant was politically connected to Marshal Grigory Kulik, then-Chief of the Main Artillery Directorate. While Kulik's close ties to Stalin kept most bureaucrats from going against him, Grabin and the director of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (KhPZ) decided to get their foot in the door by arming the T-34 (1941) with the F-34 and issuing it to platoon and company-level tank commanders. When their praise of the F-34 reached the State Defense Committee (GKO), the gun became authorized for production as the standard-issue gun on the T-34. The gun was more than capable of penetrating German tanks during World War II until the introduction of tanks such as the Panther tank and Tiger I. However, it was not as accurate as German guns and the cramped, two-man turret reduced the rate of fire to about three rounds per minute. When the newer tanks started showing up, the T-34 was first upgraded to the T-34-57 which had a ZIS-2 57 mm gun, but the lack of a good high explosive round led to the further upgrade, the T-34-85, which was armed with an adaptation of the 85 mm anti-aircraft gun M1935 (52-K) which would arm the T-34 until the end of the war.

Along with the T-34 tanks, the F-34 gun was used on the Pr.1124 and the MBK-161 gunboats. As these river boats were developed by the Red Army instead of the Soviet Navy, they were ordered to reuse existing turrets and were first armed with the turret and 76.2 mm KT-28 gun from the T-28 multi-turreted medium tank. However, shortly before World War II began these boats with T-34 turrets which lead to the adoption of the T-34 turrets and thus the cannons from the T-34 such as the F-34. On the PR.1124 and later MBK-161 boats, the turret was modified for increased elevation for providing indirect fire support.

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Germany tank cannons
20 mm	KwK30 · KwK38 · Rh202
28/20 mm	s.Pz.B.41
30 mm	MK 30-2/ABM
37 mm	KwK34(t) · KwK36 · KwK38(t) · PaK L/45
47 mm	Pak.(t)(Sf.)
50 mm	KwK39 · KwK L/42 · PaK38
57 mm	Bofors L/70 Mk.1
75 mm	K51 L/24 · KwK37 · KwK40 L43 · KwK40 L48 · KwK42 · KwK44 · KwK44 L/36.5 · PaK39 L48 · PaK40/3 L46 · PaK42 · StuK37 · StuK40 L43 · StuK40 L48
76 mm	PaK36 (r)
88 mm	Flak.37 · Flak 41 · KwK36 · KwK43 · PaK43
90 mm	BK90
105 mm	CN105-57 · Cockerill HP · FMK.4 Modelo 1L · K.18 · KwK L/68 · L7A3 · PzK M57 · StuH42
120 mm	Rh120 L/44 · Rh120 L/55 · Rh120 L/55 A1
128 mm	K.40 · KwK44 · PaK44
150 mm	s.I.G.33 · Stu.H 43 L/12
380 mm	RW61
	Foreign:
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 ^(USA) · HSS 831L ^(Britain)
57 mm	6pdr OQF Mk.V ^(Britain)
73 mm	2A28 ^(USSR)
75 mm	M3 ^(USA)
76 mm	F-32 ^(USSR) · F-34 ^(USSR) · M32 ^(USA)
90 mm	M36 ^(USA) · M41 ^(USA)
105 mm	GT-3 ^{(South Africa)}
125 mm	2A46 ^(USSR)
152 mm	M-10T ^(USSR) · XM150E5 ^(USA)
155 mm	M126 ^(USA)

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)

China tank cannons
30 mm	ZPL02 · ZPZ02
73 mm	Type 86
76 mm	M32K1
85 mm	Type 56 · Type 63
100 mm	PTP86 · Type 59 · Type 69 · Type 69-II · ZPL04
105 mm	88B-105T · Type 83 · WMA301 · ZPL94 · ZPL98A
120 mm	122TM · PTZ89
125 mm	Type 88C · Type 99A · ZPT98
130 mm	PL59A Gai
152 mm	PL66 Gai
	Foreign:
20 mm	KwK30 ^(Germany)
37 mm	M6 ^(USA)
45 mm	20-K ^(USSR)
47 mm	Type 1 ^(Japan)
57 mm	Type 97 ^(Japan) · ZIS-2 ^(USSR)
75 mm	M2 Howitzer ^(USA) · M3 ^(USA) · M6 ^(USA)
76 mm	D-56T ^(USSR) · F-34 ^(USSR) · M1 ^(USA) · M7 ^(USA) · ZIS-3 ^(USSR)
85 mm	ZIS-S-53 ^(USSR)
90 mm	M3 ^(USA) · M41 ^(USA)
100 mm	D-10S ^(USSR)
105 mm	M68 ^(USA) · M68A1 ^(USA)
115 mm	U-5TS ^(USSR)
122 mm	A-19 ^(USSR) · D-25T ^(USSR)
152 mm	ML-20S ^(USSR)

Sweden tank cannons
20 mm	Akan m/47D · Pvlvkan m/40
37 mm	kan m/38
40 mm	akan m/70B
57 mm	Pvkan m/43
75 mm	kan m/02 · kan m/41 · kan Strv 74 · lvkan m/37 A · pvkan m/43
84 mm	kan Strv 81
90 mm	kan Ikv 91
105 mm	kan Bofors · kan Ikv · kan m/44 · kan Strv 101 · L74
120 mm	automatkanon · CTG · kan Strv 121 · kan Strv 122
150 mm	fsthaub m/02
155 mm	kan m/60
	Foreign:
35 mm	Bushmaster 3 ^(USA)
73 mm	2A28 ^(USSR)
75 mm	M3 ^(USA)
88 mm	KwK43 ^(Germany)
105 mm	L/50 ^(Belgium) · L7A3 ^(Germany)
125 mm	2A46M-1 ^(USSR)
155 mm	CN98 ^{(South Korea)}
	Finland
37 mm	Psv.K/36
114 mm	Psv.H/18
	Foreign:
30 mm	Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 ^(USA)
45 mm	20-K ^(USSR)
75 mm	KwK40 L48 ^(Germany)
76 mm	D-56TS ^(USSR) · F-34 ^(USSR) · L-10 ^(USSR)
77 mm	OQF Mk.II ^(Britain)
84 mm	20pdr OQF Mk.I ^(Britain)
85 mm	ZIS-S-53 ^(USSR)
100 mm	D-10T ^(USSR) · D-10T2S ^(USSR)
105 mm	L/50 ^(Belgium)
120 mm	Rh120 L/44 ^(Germany) · Rh120 L/55 ^(Germany)
125 mm	2A46 ^(USSR)

USSR naval cannons
20 mm	ShVAK
25 mm	2M-3
30 mm	AK-230 · 30 mm/54 AK-630 · 30 mm/54 AK-630M · BP "Plamya"
37 mm	37 mm/67 70-K · V-11
45 mm	45 mm/46 21-K · 45 mm/68 21-KM · 45 mm/89 SM-20-ZIF · 45 mm/89 SM-21-ZIF
57 mm	AK-725
75 mm	75 mm/50 Canet patt.1892
76 mm	34-K · 39-K · 76 mm/60 AK-176M · AK-726 · D-56TS · F-34 · Lender AA gun, pattern 1914/15
85 mm	85 mm/52 92-K · 85 mm/54.6 ZIS-C-53 · 90-K
100 mm	100 mm/56 B-34 · 100 mm/70 SM-5-1 · Minizini
102 mm	Pattern 1911
120 mm	120 mm/50 pattern 1905
130 mm	130 mm/55 pattern 1913 · 130 mm/58 SM-2-1 · B-13
152 mm	152 mm/57 B-38
180 mm	180 mm/57 B-1-P · 180 mm/60 B-1-K
305 mm	12-inch/52 pattern 1907 · 305 mm/54 B-50
356 mm	14-inch/52 pattern 1913 (356 mm)
	Foreign:
40 mm	2pdr QF Mk.IIc ^(Britain) · Skoda ^{(Czechoslovakia)}
47 mm	3 pdr QF Hotchkiss ^(Britain)
76 mm	76 mm/40 Ansaldo mod.1917 ^(Italy)
88 mm	SK C/30 ^(Germany)
120 mm	120 mm/50 Mk.4 Bofors M1924 ^(Sweden) · 120 mm/50 O.T.O. Mod.1933 ^(Italy)
152 mm	152/53 mm O.T.O. Mod.1929 ^(Italy)
320 mm	320 mm/44 Ansaldo model 1934 ^(Italy)

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 == Description ==
-''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.''
+<!-- ''Write an introduction to the article in 2-3 small paragraphs. Briefly tell us about the history of the development and combat using the weaponry and also about its features. Compile a list of air, ground, or naval vehicles that feature this weapon system in the game.'' -->
+The '''F-34''' was a 76.2 mm cannon designed by P. Muraviev of Vasiliy Grabin's design bureau at Factory No. 92 in Gorky. It was secretly implemented into the new [[T-34 (1941)]] without bureaucratic approval, but was so well-received that it would become the default 76.2 mm tank cannon for the USSR during WWII.
+A variant, the '''[[ZiS-5 (76 mm)|ZiS-5]]''', was made to better fit into the KV-1 series of tanks, and the '''F-96''' was a redesignation of said ZiS-5 to be installed into field variants of the [[MK-II "Matilda" (USSR)|Matilda II]].
 === Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 <!-- ''List out vehicles that are equipped with the weapon.'' -->
 '''Ground vehicles'''
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_t_34_1941}}
+* {{Specs-Link|sw_t_34_1941}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_t_34_1941_cast_turret}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_t_34_1942}}
+* {{Specs-Link|cn_t_34_1942}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_t_34E}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_t_34E_STZ}}
 * {{Specs-Link|germ_t_34_747}}
+* {{Specs-Link|ussr_su_76d}}
-'''Naval vehicles'''
+'''Naval vessels'''
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_1124_art}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_1124_ack}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_1124_rct}}
+* {{Specs-Link|ussr_mbk_161_1943}}
 * {{Specs-Link|ussr_mbk_161_1944}}
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 ''Tell us about the tactical and technical characteristics of the cannon or machine gun.''
-=== Available shells ===
+=== Available ammunition ===
-''Describe the shells that are available for the cannon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).''
+<!-- ''Describe the shells that are available for the weapon and their features and purpose. If it concerns autocannons or machine guns, write about different ammo belts and what is inside (which types of shells).'' -->
+'''Ground vehicles'''
+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|BR-350A (MD-5 fuze), BR-350B (MD-8 fuze), BR-350SP, BR-354P, BP-353A, OF-350M, Sh-354T, D-350A}}
+'''Naval vessels'''
+{{:{{PAGENAME}}/Ammunition|OF-350M naval, BR-350A naval}}
 === Comparison with analogues ===
-''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns, that have firepower equal to these type of weapons.''
+''Give a comparative description of cannons/machine guns that have firepower equal to this weapon.''
 == Usage in battles ==
-''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against the main opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
+''Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.''
 === Pros and cons ===
-''Summarize and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
+''Summarise and briefly evaluate the weaponry in terms of its characteristics and combat effectiveness. Mark pros and cons as a list.''
 '''Pros:'''
-*
+* Large variety of shell
+* APCR can penetrate up to 125mm at point blank
 '''Cons:'''
-*
+* Will struggle against foes with sloping armor
 == History ==
-''Examine the history of the creation and combat usage of this weapon. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to an article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article.''
+<!-- ''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: <nowiki>https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Weapon-name)/History</nowiki>) and add a link to it here using the <code>main</code> template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code>, as well as adding them at the end of the article with <code><nowiki><references /></nowiki></code>.'' -->
+The F-34 was a cannon first developed for the [[T-34 (Family)|T-34]] medium tank. The gun was designed by P. Muraviev of Vasiliy Grabin's design bureau at Factory No. 92 in Gorky. While the F-34 was superior to the older [[F-32 (76 mm)|F-32]] and [[L-11 (76 mm)|L-11]] from the Kirov Plant in Leningrad, the L-11 was already selected for use in the T-34 because Kirov Plant was politically connected to Marshal Grigory Kulik, then-Chief of the Main Artillery Directorate. While Kulik's close ties to Stalin kept most bureaucrats from going against him, Grabin and the director of the Kharkov Locomotive Factory (KhPZ) decided to get their foot in the door by arming the [[T-34 (1941)]] with the F-34 and issuing it to platoon and company-level tank commanders. When their praise of the F-34 reached the State Defense Committee (GKO), the gun became authorized for production as the standard-issue gun on the T-34. The gun was more than capable of penetrating German tanks during World War II until the introduction of tanks such as the [[Panther tank (Family)|Panther tank]] and [[Tiger I (Family)|Tiger I]]. However, it was not as accurate as German guns and the cramped, two-man turret reduced the rate of fire to about three rounds per minute. When the newer tanks started showing up, the T-34 was first upgraded to the [[T-34-57]] which had a [[ZIS-2 (57 mm)|ZIS-2]] 57 mm gun, but the lack of a good high explosive round led to the further upgrade, the [[T-34-85]], which was armed with an adaptation of the 85 mm anti-aircraft gun M1935 (52-K) which would arm the T-34 until the end of the war.
+Along with the T-34 tanks, the F-34 gun was used on the [[Pr.1124 (Family)|Pr.1124]] and the [[MBK-161 early|MBK-161]] gunboats. As these river boats were developed by the Red Army instead of the Soviet Navy, they were ordered to reuse existing turrets and were first armed with the turret and 76.2 mm [[KT-28 (76 mm)|KT-28]] gun from the [[T-28 (Family)|T-28]] multi-turreted medium tank. However, shortly before World War II began these boats with T-34 turrets which lead to the adoption of the T-34 turrets and thus the cannons from the T-34 such as the F-34. On the PR.1124 and later MBK-161 boats, the turret was modified for increased elevation for providing indirect fire support.
 == Media ==
-''An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.''
+''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:''
+<!-- ''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.''
+* ''references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.'' -->
+* [[F-32 (76 mm)]] - Older cannon model by the same design bureau used on the [[KV-1E]], [[BT-7A (F-32)]], and [[KV-IB (Germany)]]
+* [[L-11 (76 mm)]] - Competing design used on early T-34s.
+* [[ZIS-5 (76 mm)]] - F-34 variant used on the [[KV-1 (ZiS-5)]].
 == External links ==
 ''Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:''
 * ''topic on the official game forum;''
-* ''encyclopedia page on the weapon;''
 * ''other literature.''
+{{Germany tank cannons}}
 {{USSR tank cannons}}
+{{China tank cannons}}
+{{Sweden tank cannons}}
 {{USSR naval cannons}}
 [[Category:Tank cannons]]
 [[Category:Naval cannons]]

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