Vasiliy Grabin

Vasiliy Gavrilovich Grabin was a Soviet artillery designer. He led a design bureau at Joseph Stalin Factory No. 92 in Gorky.
Grabin was chief designer of 76 mm [divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3)|ZiS-3], the divisional field gun, which was the most numerous cannon of World War II.
Grabin was the first artillery designer to use ergonomics in cannon construction. In the 1930s he used physiologist consultations to optimize the design of cannons.
Grabin received numerous awards, including Hero of Socialist Labour, the Order of Lenin, 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 Stalin Prize first degree for outstanding inventions.
He is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.