Putilov 76.2mm anti-aircraft M. 1914/15

 

 

 

 

Russian designation :

76-мм зенитная пушка Лендера обр. 1914/1915 г.

Calibre :

76.2mm L/30.5

Weight of the barrel :

440 kg

Weight in action :

1300 kg

Barrel length :

2.307 m

Barrel grooves

number :

24

depth :

0.76 mm

width :

7.19 mm

Shell

weight :

6 kg - charge : 0.9 kg

muzzle vel. :

609 m/s

max. range

7256 m (horizontal) / 4480 m (vertical)

Shrapnel

weight :

6.5 kg - charge : 0.9 kg

muzzle vel. :

588 m/s

Max. range

horizontal :

7256 m

vertical :

4480 m (vertical)

Elevation :

+ 65° / - 5° (M. 1914)

+ 75° / - 5° (M. 1915)

Azimuth :

360°

Rate of fire :

10-12 rounds a minute

Remarks :

This gun was basically the Russian 76.2mm field gun M 1902 barrel equipped with half-automatic sliding wedge breech, and installed on top of column mount suitable for antiaircraft-use. The equipment was transported on a two-wheeled platform. It was also mounted on cars, Baltik (45 hp) and White (36 hp). Even the ammunition of this gun used same cartridge cases as Russian field guns of this calibre. The Russians also developed a slightly improved version called model 1915 Putilov. Designers of the gun were by captain V.V. Ternovskij and Engineer F. F. Lender, after who Russians called them also as “Lender’s guns”.

 

 

 

Lender gun on platform

Lender gun on car