Armata 75 mm wz.02/26

• Name — Armata 75 mm wz.02/06 • Origin — Russian Empire USSR • Type — Field gun • Is Artillery — yes • Service — 1926-1945 • Used By — Poland • Wars — World War II • Designer — Putilovski Works • Design Date — 1902 • Manufacturer — Starachowice Works • Production Date — 1926-1930 • Number — 400? • Weight — 1040 kg • Part Length — 2.25 m 30 calibers • Width — 1.8 m • Height — 1.6 m • Crew — 6-7 • Cartridge — Fixed QF 75 x 350mm R • Cartridge Weight — 6.5 kg • Caliber — 75 mm • Rate — 10-12 rpm • Velocity — 593 m/s • Max Range — 8.5 km • Breech — Interrupted screw • Carriage — Box trail • Elevation — -6° to 16° • Traverse — 5°

Poland captured large numbers of M1902 guns in the Polish-Soviet War and pressed them into service as a standard piece of mounted artillery, designated the Armata 76.2 mm wz.1902. In 1923, there were 568 wz.1902 guns in the Polish inventory. Between 1926 and 1930 most surviving 76.2 mm wz.1902 guns were re-chambered to use the same 75 mm shells as the most numerous Polish field gun, the Canon de 75 modèle 1897. The guns were converted by the Starachowice Works and designated as the Armata 75 mm wz.02/26. Most were converted, but some of the original 76.2 mm caliber guns were retained to use captured stocks of Russian ammunition. Guns captured after the Polish defeat were designated by Germany as the 7.5 cm FK 02/06(p).

• 7.7 cm FK 96 n.A. German equivalent • Canon de 75 modèle 1897 French equivalent • Ordnance BLC 15-pounder British equivalent • 3-inch M1902 field gun US equivalent

• Shunkov V. N. - The Weapons of the Red Army, Mn. Harvest, 1999 (Шунков В. Н. - Оружие Красной Армии. - Мн.: Харвест, 1999.) • Russian Putilov 76.2mm m/02 Field Gun at Landships II • 76 K/02 at FlamesOfWar