76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15

76-mm air-defense gun M1914/15
1919
Type	Air defence gun
Place of origin	Russian Empire
Service history
Wars	World War I
Production history
Designer	F. F. Lender
Produced	1915-1934
Specifications
Weight	1,280 kg (2,822 lbs)
Barrel length	30 calibers

Caliber	76.2 mm (3 in)
Breech	sliding block
Recoil	none
Elevation	-5° to +75°
Traverse	360°
Rate of fire	10-12 rounds per minute
Maximum firing range	8.3 km (5.15 mi)

The 76-mm air-defense gun M1914/15 (Russian: 3" зенитная пушка обр. 1914/1915 года) was the first Russian purpose-built anti-aircraft gun. Adopted during World War I, the gun remained in production until 1934.

Russian Empire Small Arms & Ordnance of the First World War

Rifles

Machine guns

Side arms

Nagant M1895

Hand grenades

Model 1914 grenade

Artillery

Infantry guns	37 mm trench gun M1915

Field Artillery	76 mm gun M1900 76 mm divisional gun M1902 87 mm light field gun M1877 42-line field gun M1877 107 mm gun M1910 QF 4.5-inch howitzer 122 mm howitzer M1909 122 mm howitzer M1910

Mountain artillery	76 mm mountain gun M1909

Howitzers, medium, and heavy artillery	BL 60-pounder gun 152 mm howitzer M1909 152 mm howitzer M1910 BL 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer 152 mm siege gun M1910 BL 8-inch howitzer Mk VI – VIII

Siege artillery	42-line siege gun M1877 6 inch siege gun M1877 6-inch siege gun M1904 280 mm Schneider Mortar Model 1914/15 BL 9.2-inch howitzer 305 mm howitzer M1915

Mortars	9 cm Mortar Type GR Aasen mortar

Anti-aircraft guns	76 mm air-defense gun M1914/15

Coastal artillery

Obukhovskii 12"/52 Pattern 1907 gun

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