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Originally Posted by Panther Al
Makes perfect sense. The L7A1 is still more than good enough in my opinion with the newer ammo types out there, and the 115 wasn't a slouch either.
The fact that you brought up barrel fouling is a case in point with the biggest issue with large calibre russian/soviet ammo: it isn't as good as the west. Chemistry, materials, who knows, just ounce for ounce their boomenstuff just isn't that good. Its why the L11 76mm gun that served on the original T34 was only the equal to the 5cm KwK of the Panzer 3's, and that is the reason that to equal the performance of the 7.5cm L48 KwK they had to go all the way to the 85mm D5T and all the way to a 122mm to equal the 7.5cm L70 KwK. Russian gun design, awesome. Ammo? not so much.
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The 100mm D-10T2S fitted to the T-54/55 series is an intresting contrast. Effective range is 1080-1,200m, depending on the ammo used, with a max rate of fire of only 3-4rpm
The standard 90mm as fitted to the M-47/48 series have an effective range of 1,500m and a rate of fire of 5-6rpm