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The D-10T is a 100 mm Soviet tank gun. It is the main weapon of the T-54 and T-55 medium tanks .
development
The D-10 was developed in 1943 at Uralmasch by the designer FF Petrow as armament for tank destroyers and future medium tanks from the B-34 naval cannon. Both variants are distinguished by the suffix (T for tank = tank and S = self-propelled gun ). The technical differences are minor and are mainly limited to the closure.
In the course of time the cannon was improved again and again and u. a. equipped with a smoke extractor and various stabilizers. The penetration performance of the D-10 could be increased by the development of new types of ammunition and the introduction of tubular rockets from about 150 mm RHA to 600–850 mm RHA.
description
The D-10 is a semi-automatic cannon in 100 mm caliber. It consists of the assemblies tube with ejector, base piece with lock as well as tube cradle, braking and return device and firing device. The drawn tube has a length of 56 calibers (“10 cm KwK L / 56”). It has 40 pulls , is stored in a tubular cradle and equipped with a flat wedge lock.
Technical specifications
| caliber | 100 mm |
| Length of tube with base piece | 5608 mm |
| Length of tube without base piece | 5350 mm |
| Train length | 4630 mm |
| Twist length | L / 30 |
| Weight with lock | 1430 kg |
| Return pipe | normal 490 mm, (max. 570 mm) |
| Firing sequence | normal 4–6 / min, (max. 7 / min) |
variants
| designation | GAU index | year | use | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D-10S | 52-PS-412 ( Russian 52-ПС-412 ) |
1944 | SU-100 | unstabilized |
| D-10T | 52-PT-412 (52-ПТ-412) |
1944 | T-34-100, T-44 -100, T-54 pattern 1945 | unstabilized |
| D-10T version 1 | 1946 | T-54 | unstabilized | |
| D-10T2 | 52-PT-412-2 (52-ПТ-412-2) |
1950 | T-54 | unstabilized |
| D-10TG | 52-PT-412S (52-ПТ-412С) |
1954 | T-54A, T-54AM | One-axis stabilizer STP-1 ( Gorisont , Russian горизо́нт , "horizon") (vertical axis), smoke evacuator |
| D-10T2S | 52-PT-412-D (52-ПТ-412Д) |
1956 | T-54B, T-54M, T-55, T-55A | Two-axis stabilizer STP-2 cyclone , smoke evacuator |
| D-10T2S | 52-PT-412-D (52-ПТ-412Д) | 1983 | T-55AM2, T-55AD, T-55AMW, T-55M | with thermal protection cover |
ammunition
| designation | year | Initial speed (in m / s) |
Penetration performance , (mm RHA ) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 ° / 500 m | 90 ° / 1500 m | |||
| UBR 412 (Pzgr m.. Tracer ; APBCTE) | ≈1943 | 895 | 125 | 115 |
| UBR-412B (PzGr. W. Tracer; APBCTE) | 895 | 130 | 135 | |
| UBR-412D (PzGr. W. Tracer) | 887 | 150 | 170 | |
| OF-412 (fragmentation high-explosive grenade; HE-FRAG) | 900 | |||
| BK-5 (shaped charge; HEAT-FS) | 900 | 375 | ||
| BM-8 (sub-caliber; APDS-FS) | 1415 | |||
| BM-20 (sub-caliber; APDS-FS) | 1430 | |||
| 3UBK10-1 (shaped charge tubular rocket) | 1981 | 370 (average) | 600/4000 m | |
| 3UBK10M (tandem hollow charge tube package) | 1993 | 370 (average) | 750/5500 m | |
| 3UBK23 (tandem hollow charge tube package) | 2005 | 370 (average) | 850/6000 m | |
Web links
- Stefan Kotsch: 100 mm D-10. The Russian D-10T tank cannon. In: Main battle tanks in detail. Retrieved August 31, 2014 .
- Stefan Kotsch: From T-54 to T-90. From the history of Soviet tank construction. In: Main battle tanks in detail. Retrieved August 31, 2014 .
- Stefan Kotsch: 100 mm D-10. The ammunition for the 100 mm cannon D-10T, part 1. In: Main battle tanks in detail. Retrieved August 31, 2014 .
- Stefan Kotsch: 100 mm D-10. The ammunition for the 100 mm cannon D-10T, part 2. In: Main battle tanks in detail. Retrieved August 31, 2014 .
literature
- AW Karpenko: Soviet-Russian tanks . 1905-2003. Elbe-Dnjepr, Klitzschen 2004, ISBN 3-933395-44-5 , p. 491 (Russian: Обозрение отечественной бронетанковой техники (1905–1995 гг.) . Translated by R. Meier).
- Jörg Siegert , Helmut Hanske: Main battle tanks of the NVA . Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-613-03294-1 , p. 71-199 .
- Matthew Hughes, Chris Mann: T-34 tanks . Karl Müller, Erlangen 1999, ISBN 978-3-86070-799-9 , p. 90–91 (English: The T-34 tank . Translated by Jürgen Brust).
Individual evidence
- ↑ BK-5M 100x695 HEAT-T, Russia, D10 tank gun, T54 / 55. Retrieved December 11, 2014 .