ZiS-30

ZIS-30
File:Zis30 3.jpg
Type	Tank destroyer
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Specifications
Length	3.45 m
Width	1.86 m
Armor	7-10 mm
Main armament	57 mm ZIS-2 gun
Secondary armament	7.62-mm DT machine gun
Engine	GAZ-M, 4-cyllinder 50 hp
Operational range	250 km
Maximum speed	40 km/h

The ZiS-30 was a light self-propelled anti-tank gun built for the Soviet Red Army in 1941. It was based on the Komsomolets armored artillery tractor. They were successful vehicles, but production was limited by the number of Komsomolets tractors still in use.

Production history

The ZiS-30 was one of a few hastily-designed armoured fighting vehicles created by Soviet industry shortly after the German invasion of 1941. In August 1941 Grabin's design bureau at the Gorky plant no. 92 mounted the 57 mm ZiS-2 gun onto the chassis of a Komsomolets artillery tractor. There were problems with availability of both the chassis and gun and only about a hundred were built.

References and external links

• Zaloga, Steven J. (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two. London: Arms and Armour Press. p. 150. ISBN 0-85368-606-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
• Battlefield.ru