Vasiliy Grabin

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Vasiliy Gavrilovich Grabin (Russian: Василий Гаврилович Грабин; 9 January [O.S. 28 December 1899] 1900^[1] – 18 April 1980^[2]) was a Soviet artillery designer. He led a design bureau (TsAKB) at Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92 in Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod).

Vasiliy Gavrilovich Grabin
Василий Гаврилович Грабин
Born	9 January [O.S. 28 December 1899] 1900
Died	18 April 1980(1980-04-18) (aged 80) Korolyov, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
Occupation	Artillery designer
Known for	Designing the 76 mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)

Grabin was chief designer of ZiS-3, the 76.2 mm (3.00 in) divisional field gun, which was the most numerous cannon of World War II (over 103,000 cannons were built).^[3]

Grabin was the first artillery designer to use ergonomics in cannon construction (before the word ergonomics even appeared). In the 1930s he used physiologist consultations to optimize the design of cannons.

Grabin received numerous awards, including Hero of Socialist Labour,^[4] the Order of Lenin (four times), the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Star, and others. He was a four-time recipient of the State Stalin Prize for outstanding inventions.^[4]

He is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.^[5]

Further reading

Широкорад А.Б., Гений советской артиллерии: Триумф и трагедия В. Грабина, ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2003, 429 pp., ISBN 5-17-019107-3.

References

1. Истомин, С. В. (2000). Самые знаменитые изобретатели России (in Russian). Вече. p. 402. ISBN 978-5-7838-0621-6. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
2. Shirokorad, Aleksandr Borisovich (2002). Гений советской артиллерии: триумф и трагедия В. Грабина (in Russian). Издат. АСТ. p. 321. ISBN 978-5-17-013066-5. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
3. ""НМЗ: специалисты"". 5 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-07-05. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
4. Грабин, Василий Гаврилович (1989). Оружие победы (in Russian). Изд-во полит. лит-ры. p. 3. ISBN 978-5-250-00408-4. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
5. Chudjakov, Andrej P. (2000). В. Грабин и мастера пушечного дела (in Russian). Издат. Патриот. p. 362. ISBN 978-5-7030-0861-4. Retrieved 13 February 2024.