Start dates

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Originally Posted by Kiwikkiwik

I have noticed some discrepancies in service dates.

57mm and 76mm APCR projectiles were accepted into service in October 1943. In 1943 a maximum of 8 rounds per vehicle were issued to units deployed in defensive positions where the Germans were expected to attack. By the Spring of 1944 all vehicles had at least 4 rounds each. Source: Russian Military Zone. Zaloga in the Red Army Handbook 1939–1945 states that 76mm APCR projectiles were issued from August 1942, however Valeriy Potapov from the Russian Military Zone tells me that production was delayed until October 1943 due to their very low quality

Units 49, 50, 88, 281, 283, 282, 310, 315, 317, 534, 731, 794 have their sabot earlier, some much earlier.

In your haste to point out our "errors" you made one of your own and overlooked the fact that howitzers DO NOT us the AP column unless they are firing cluster munitions so when an on map howitzer shows " sabot" it's an NOT " sabot".... it's an AP round with it's own max range when used for anti tank work that differs from the indirect fire range of the howitzer