Adapted from a Soviet naval gun to meet the urgent need for a weapon that could stop late-war German heavy tanks, the BS-3 could defeat any German armoured vehicle except the frontal glacis of the King Tiger at typical combat ranges, and it entered service just in time for the final drive into Germany.
Description: Soviet M1944/BS-3 100 mm field/anti-tank cannon in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. 2005. Source: Photo by me, User:Bukvoed.No machine-readable author provided. Bukvoed assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5 · sourceDescription: Soviet M1944/BS-3 100 mm field/anti-tank cannon in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel. 2005. Source: Photo by me, User:Bukvoed.No machine-readable author provided. Bukvoed assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5 · source
