Soviet Union's SU-152 self propelled guns
Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (self propelled mounting)
Nickname: "Zvierboy" (animal hunter)1
SU-152 self propelled gun: |
SU-152 self propelled gun: |
SU-152 self propelled gun: |
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KV-13 prototype: |
Design
The SU-152 used a KV-1 chassis.
The cartridge and shell were loaded separately, thus making the rate of fire 2-3 per minute.1,2 The SU-152 had a KT-5 or ST-10 telescopic sight.2
| Type | Weight | Muzzle Velocity | Direct Fire Range |
Indirect Fire Range |
Penetration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,000 m | |||||
| 39.94 - 43.56 kg2 | 2,149'/sec1 600 - 900 m/sec2, 655 m/sec1 |
700 - 750 m2 | 12,200 m2 | 110 mm1 |
Prototype
Prototypes were built at the Uralmash factory in Chelyabinsk and initially designated the KV-14.1,2
Production
The SU-152 was accepted for production on February 14, 1943.1
- Su-152: 7041,2
- Production: 19431,2
Variants
- KV-121: Prototype.1 Mounted 203 mm B-4 Model 1931 howitzer.1
- KV-131: Prototype.1 Had 152 mm ML-20.1
- KV-141: Prototype.1 Became the SU-152.1
- SU-1221: Self propelled gun.1
Usage
First 12 saw action at Kursk and was quite successful at destroying German Tigers and Panthers (12 Tigers, 7 Elefants)1.1,2
Was used as an assault tank and tank destroyer.
Used by the heavy self-propelled gun regiments of the armored and mechanized corps.2
| SU-152 | |
|---|---|
| Crew | 51,2 |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 101,920 lb 45.5 tons1,2, 50.1 tons1 45,500 kg1 |
| Length w/gun | 29' 4"1, 29' 10" 8.95 m1,2 |
| Length w/o gun | 6.75 m2 |
| Height | 8'1 , 8' 2" 2.45 m1,2 |
| Width | 10' 8"1, 10' 10" 3.25 m1,2 |
| Ground clearance | 0.44 m2 |
| Ground contact length | |
| Ground pressure | 0.85 kp/cm2 2 |
| Turret ring diameter | |
| Armament | |
| Main | 152 mm howitzer M-1937 152.4 mm 1937/43 (ML-20 S)2 152 mm ML-20S1 152 mm1 152 mm ML-201 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| Main | 202,3 |
| Secondary | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | 2.95"1 751 |
| Hull Front, Upper | 60-752 601 |
| Hull Front, Lower | 50-602 |
| Hull Sides, Upper | 502, 601 |
| Hull Sides, Lower | 602 |
| Hull Rear | 55-60, 601,2 |
| Hull Top | 20-30, 301,2 |
| Hull Bottom | 301,2 |
| Turret Front | |
| Turret Sides | |
| Turret Rear | |
| Turret Top | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | W-2-K, V-21,2 |
| Bore / stroke | 4 stroke2 |
| Cylinders | V-122 |
| Net HP | 6003, 600@2,000 rpm2 |
| Power to weight ratio | 13.2 hp/ton2 |
| Transmission | |
| Fuel type | Diesel2 |
| Octane | |
| Quantity | 600-615 liters2, 975 liters1 214 gallons1 |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | 12° each way2 |
| Max Speed | 27 mph1 43 kph1,2 |
| Cross Country | |
| Road radius | 206 miles, 205 miles1, 150 miles1 120-330 km1,2, 240 km1 |
| Cross country radius | 75 miles1 120 km1 |
| Turning Radius | |
| Elevation Limits | -5° to +18°2 |
| Fording depth | 1.6 m2 |
| Trench crossing | 2.7 m2 |
| Vertical Obstacle | 1.2 m2 |
| Climbing ability | 36°2 |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side | |
| Return rollers each side | |
| Track length | |
| Tires | |
| Track width | |
| Track centers/tread |
Sources:
- Russian Tanks of World War II Stalin's Armored Might, by Tim Bean & Will Fowler, 2002
- Russian Tanks and Armored Vehicles 1917-1945, by Wolfgang Fleischer, 1999
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