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and used the same ammunition. Its performance was similar to that of the M1944 but since it was a unique design it had different dimensions. For night fighting it could be fitted with an infra-red sight.
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202:2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
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694:Field artillery of the Cold War
504:Armor Piercing Ballistic Capped
56:Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
689:Anti-tank guns of the Cold War
350:designed and produced for the
322:Maximum firing range
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614:. London: Allan. p. 11.
434:Hydro-pneumatic recoil system
409:100 mm field gun M1944 (BS-3)
161:3,400 kg (7,500 lb)
520:High Explosive/Fragmentation
180:6.4 m (21 ft) L/64
684:Artillery of Czechoslovakia
644:"78- MM CALIBRE CARTRIDGES"
511:15.88 kg (35 lb)
495:15.88 kg (35 lb)
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608:Foss, Christopher (1974).
527:15.6 kg (34 lb)
437:Double-baffle muzzle brake
546:380 mm (15 in)
238:100 mm (3.9 in)
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52:Place of origin
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536:High Explosive Anti-tank
248:Semi-automatic vertical
368:Austro-Hungarian Empire
325:21 km (13 mi)
611:Artillery of the world
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299:Rate of fire
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425:Split-trail carriage
309:Muzzle velocity
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342:was a dual-purpose
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354:during the 1950s.
340:100 mm vz. 53
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105:Production history
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177: length
126:Manufacturer
75:Used by
70:1956–present
468:Ammunition
442:Differences
393:Škoda Works
377:Warsaw Pact
372:World War I
283:-6° to +42°
272:Split-trail
145: built
673:Categories
658:2018-08-27
621:0711005052
585:2018-08-27
553:References
431:Gun shield
459:Elevation
344:field gun
279:Elevation
137:1956–1960
42:Field gun
16:Field gun
462:Traverse
289:Traverse
268:Carriage
226:Fixed QF
134:Produced
118:Designed
110:Designer
630:3241835
492:BR-412
479:Weight
358:History
234:Caliber
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476:Model
450:Length
447:Weight
397:Pilsen
387:Design
370:after
303:10 rpm
257:Recoil
244:Breech
199:Height
182:(with
175:Barrel
166:Length
99:Latvia
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473:Type
405:vz.53
362:When
221:Shell
191:Width
129:Škoda
113:Škoda
626:OCLC
616:ISBN
381:NATO
346:and
338:The
207:Crew
158:Mass
121:1953
38:Type
401:A20
395:in
293:60°
148:600
143:No.
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