BR-471B

BR-471B is a Soviet 122 mm armor-piercing capped shell for the A-19 and related 122 mm guns. Open references describe it as a blunt-tipped APBC round with a 25 kg projectile, A-IX-2 bursting charge, and better sloped-armor performance than the earlier BR-471.

BR-471B, 122 mm armor-piercing capped shell, Munitions

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Profile

Origin: Soviet Union
Built by: Soviet munitions industry
Type: 122 mm armor-piercing capped shell
Service note: Developed in 1945; postwar Soviet service
Produced: From early 1945

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Specifications

Caliber: 122 mm
Projectile mass: 25 kg
Muzzle velocity: 795-800 m/s
Explosive charge: 0.156 kg A-IX-2
Body material: KhZNM steel
Fuze: MD-8 base fuze on early rounds; later DBR and DBR-2
Role: Armor-piercing capped projectile with improved oblique-armor performance over BR-471

Service And Conflict Use

Service History

In service: Introduced as an improved 122 mm armor-piercing round for Soviet field and tank guns in the final year of World War II.

Firing Guns

A Commons ammunition plate explicitly lists BR-471B among the rounds for the A-19 and D-25T family.

Firing weapon

Weapon type

Firing evidence

A-19 122 mm field gun

122 mm field gun

The ammunition plate for the A-19 and D-25T family explicitly names BR-471B among the listed armor-piercing shells.

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BR-471B Images

BR-471B, 122 mm armor-piercing capped shell, Munitions - view 1 — Source: D25T shells.svg

BR-471B, 122 mm armor-piercing capped shell, Munitions - view 2 — Source: D25T shells.svg

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Sources

Tankograd BR-471B analysisPublisher: Tankograd | Note: Supports BR-471B background, Soviet manufacturing context, projectile mass, muzzle velocity, explosive charge, shell body material, and point-blank range figures. | Accessed: 2026-06-23 D25T shells.svgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and the ammunition plate that explicitly lists BR-471B among the A-19 and D-25T shells. | Accessed: 2026-06-23