ZIS-2 (57 mm)

Description

High velocity 57mm towed anti tank gun, not to be confused with the tank adapted version ZIS-4 (57 mm), or the simplified ZIS-4M (57 mm) mounted on the T-34 (Family) of 57mm tank destroyers

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• ZiS-30
• ▃LVT(A)(4) (ZIS-2)
• LVT(A)(4) (ZiS-2)

General info

High velocity; very. On most tanks you can punch a tier up without problems, and when you encounter a tank tank that you cannot penetrate easily, the velocity will ensure a hit on weakspots without requiring high amounts of dropoff caculating

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	143	132	119	108	98
BR-271К	APHE	145	143	132	119	108	98
O-271	HE	5	5	5	5	5	5

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Normalisation at 30° from horizontal	Ricochet
								0%	50%	100%
BR-271	APHEBC	990	3.14	1.2	9.0	21.6	+4.0°	48°	63°	71°
BR-271К	APHE	990	3.14	1.2	9.0	27.7	-1.0°	47°	60°	65°
O-271	HE	700	3.72	0.4	0.01	220	0.0°	79°	80°	81°

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Usage in battles

High velocity gun with medium-high rate of fire and high penetration.

Pros and cons

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Pros:

• Good rate of fire
• High penetration
• Low drop to shot

Cons:

• Low explosive filler

History

Made to counter the preceived heavy armor tanks of the germans, production stopped during invasion due to the 45mm towed gun doing the same job whilst being ligther, cheaper and easier to produce. Found new life figthing against the third generation of german heavy tanks, that the 45mm was insufficent to defeat.

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USA tank cannons
20 mm	M139
25 mm	LW25 · M242
37 mm	M3 · M5 · M6
57 mm	M1
75 mm	M2 · M2 Howitzer · M3 · M6 · M1897A4 · XM274
76 mm	M1 · M7 · M32 · T185E1
90 mm	M3 · M3A1 · M36 · M41 · M54 · T15E1 · T15E2 · T54 · T208E9
105 mm	M4 · M68 · M68A1 · M68A1E8 · T5E1 · T5E2 · T140E2 · T140E3 · XM35
106 mm	M40A1C
120 mm	M58 · M256 · T53
152 mm	M81 · M162 · XM150E5
155 mm	M185 · T7
165 mm	M135
	Foreign:
20 mm	Rh202 (Germany)
57 mm	6pdr OQF Mk.III (Britain) · ZIS-2 (USSR)
105 mm	Sharir (Israel)
120 mm	IMI MG251 (Israel)

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)