The 76.2mm wz.1943 gun is a Soviet infantry gun, designed as a successor to the 1927 gun. The new gun, however, was based on the elongated barrel of the wz.1927 cannon and the anti-tank gun cradle. M-42. It was created to fire light fortifications and infantry positions with direct fire. Organizationally it was included in batteries in infantry and cavalry regiments. It was also used to fire at light combat vehicles with HEATs. Serial production was carried out only in the years 1943-1945. Technical data: barrel length: 148cm, range (maximum): 4200m, caliber: 76.2mm, combat weight: 600kg, projectile speed: 262-311m / s, rate of fire: 10-12rpm.
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Red Army underwent intensive development, both in terms of increasing its number of jobs and saturation with technical weapons. One of the most dynamically developed types of weapons was artillery (both barrel and missile), which was considered to be one of the basic, if not crucial, types of weapons on the battlefield. At that time (i.e. in the 1930s) several successful types of guns were introduced into the service of the Red Army, and the 76.2 mm F-22 division cannon, the 122 mm M1931 / 37 corpse cannon or the 122 mm cannon deserve special attention. -haubica M1937 (M£-20) cal. 152 mm. They were weapons that were developed and modernized during World War II and which did not differ significantly from their counterparts in the German army. It is also worth mentioning that the Red Army was also developing very heavy artillery, as exemplified by the introduction to the armament of the 203 mm Br-4 howitzer, the production of which started in 1932. It is worth adding that in 1941, the Soviet rifle division had a total of 144 guns of various calibers and various purposes, and the division included an artillery regiment consisting of five cannon and howitzer squadrons. On the other hand, in 1945, 130 guns of various calibers and various purposes, as well as 12 self-propelled guns (very often SU-76), were in the reduced position compared to 1941 in the infantry division. In addition, Soviet infantry divisions were often supported in battle with separate artillery regiments.