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Later ISU-152 versions had a newer gun with a slightly longer barrel, up to over 4.9 metres (32.3 calibers), with a maximum range of fire of up to 13,000 metres (14,217 yd). The ISU-152 had different versions, with changes in the gun (later versions), the number of hatches, or the hull (based on the hull of the IS-1, IS-2 or IS-2 model 1944 tanks).
The SU-152 (Russian: самоходная установка-152, СУ-152, romanized: Samokhodnaya Ustanovka-152) is a Soviet self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II. It mounted a 152 mm gun-howitzer on the chassis of a KV-1S heavy tank. Later production used an IS tank chassis and was re-designated ISU-152. [2]
The main differences between the SU-152G and the ISU-152 as well as its variants, and that between it and 2S3 made it what appeared to be a middle ground between these two self-propelled guns. The ISU-152 was intended to be a heavy assault gun from the beginning, which required capability of direct firing, and a weak transition towards firing ...
ISU-130, a tank destroyer based on the IS-2 chassis armed with an 130mm S-26 gun. ISU-152, another heavy howitzer of World War II over the IS-2 heavy tank chassis. Object 704, a modernized ISU-152 made in 1945. ISU-152-10, another name for Object 268, an experimental self-propelled heavy howitzer over the T-10 heavy tank chassis
The Object 268 (Объект 268) was a prototype Soviet tank destroyer developed from 1952 to 1956 by the Kirov factory, Leningrad, on the basis of the T-10 heavy tank. [ 1 ] This tank destroyer was heavily armoured and featured a 152 mm M64 gun, derived from the 152mm M53 mounted on the SU-152G .
The SU-152 "Taran" was armed with the 152.4 mm M-69 "Taran" rifled gun, with a barrel length of 9,045 mm, fitted with a powerful muzzle brake. With an overall length of about 10 meters, it is the longest gun of any type ever installed in a fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle .
This includes modified captured tanks. T-III (T-3) - captured Panzer III; T-IV (T-4) - captured Panzer IV; T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank; SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration. SU-85i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 85mm D-5S-85A gun on a tank destroyer configuration.
Polish TKS tankette in Kubinka Tank Museum ISU-152 at Kubinka Panzer VIII Maus at the Kubinka Tank Museum Kubinka was a top-secret armour testing range and proving ground from before World War II. All new designs from Russian research and design bureaus, facilities and factories had to be first tested here.