100 mm field gun, model 1944, BS-3

Soviet field gun introduced at the end of World War II. A total of approximately 4,000 units were produced between 1944 and 1951. From 1947, the 100 mm BS-3 guns also entered service with the Polish Army, in a mere 78 units. They equipped one regiment each in three anti-tank artillery brigades: the 22nd, 23rd, and 28th. They were withdrawn to reserve in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and finally retired in the 1980s.