The Red Army's standard light anti-tank gun at the start of the war, the 53-K could handle early German panzers but struggled against up-armoured tanks from 1942 on, giving crews the grim nickname 'Farewell, Motherland' for the gun's poor odds against later German armour at close range. It was superseded by the longer-barrelled M-42.
Soviet 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937, displayed in Finnish Tank Museum (Panssarimuseo) in Parola. Photo taken on July 14, 2006.Source: Photo by me, User:Balcer. · CC BY 2.5 · sourceSoviet 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937, displayed in Finnish Tank Museum (Panssarimuseo) in Parola. Photo taken on July 14, 2006.Source: Photo by me, User:Balcer. · CC BY 2.5 · sourceSoviet 45 mm anti-tank gun M1937, displayed in Finnish Tank Museum (Panssarimuseo) in Parola. Photo taken on July 14, 2006.Source: Photo by me, User:Balcer. · CC BY 2.5 · source
