Samokhodnaya Ustanovka

Samohodnaya Ustanovka (SU; Russian: самоходная установка, СУ, literally "Self-propelled installation") may refer to any of these Soviet self-propelled guns (including casemate self-propelled guns)

List of vehicles

Vehicles with "SU" designations, sequential factory index (1920s to World War II-era)[a]
Vehicles with "SU" designations, index based on tank of origin (1920s to World War II-era)
  • SU-18 — A self-propelled gun based on the T-18 tank (never left design phase).
  • SU-26 (or SU-76P) — A self-propelled gun of an open-top design over a T-26 light tank chassis.
Vehicles with "SU" designations, gun caliber index (1920s to World War II-era)
  • SU-57 — Soviet designation for lend-leased T48 Gun Motor Carriage.
  • SU-76 (factory index SU-12) — A self-propelled gun used during and after World War II based to a modified T-70 chassis, with a rear-mounted casemate and an armored roof.
    • SU-76 (factory index SU-15M) — Commonly referred as SU-76M. An improved version rear-mounted partly-opened casemate. Main production model.
      • SU-85A — An elongated SU-76M with an 85mm D-5S-85A gun.
      • SU-85B — An improved SU-85A with 85mm LB-2 gun.
  • SU-76 — Soviet designation for lend-leased M10 Gun Motor Carriage.
  • SU-76i — An assault gun was based on the chassis of captured German Panzer IIIs and StuG IIIs.
  • SU-85 — A tank destroyer used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank.
  • SU-100 — A tank destroyer armed with a powerful 100 mm anti-tank gun in a casemate superstructure over the chassis of the T-34 tank.
    • SU-122P — An SU-100 with a 122mm D-25S gun.
  • SU-100Y — A prototype tank destroyer armed with a 130 mm naval gun mounted on the chassis of a T-100 tank.
  • SU-122 — A self-propelled gun based on T-34 chassis armed with a 122mm M-30S howitzer.
  • SU-122-44 — A tank destroyer over the T-44 chassis (never left design phase).
  • SU-152 — A self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II over the KV-1S heavy tank chassis.
Vehicles with "ISU" designations
  • ISU-122 — An assault gun based on the IS-2 chassis equipped with an A-19 122mm gun.
  • ISU-130 — A tank destroyer based on the IS-2 chassis armed with an 130mm S-26 gun.
  • ISU-152 — A self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II over the IS-2 heavy tank chassis.
Vehicles with "SU" designations (Cold War-era)
  • SU-100P — An experimental self-propelled gun.
    • SU-152G — An experimental self-propelled howitzer based on the chassis of the SU-100P.
    • SU-152P — An experimental SPG.
  • SU-122-54 — A tank destroyer over the T-54 chassis.
Vehicles with "ASU" designations
  • ASU-57 — A small, lightly constructed airborne assault gun of the Cold War Era
  • ASU-76 — An experimental airborne assault gun
  • ASU-85 — A Soviet-designed airborne self-propelled gun of the Cold War Era over the PT-76 light tank chassis.
Vehicles with unofficial "SU" or "ISU" designations
  • Uralmash-1 (Unofficially: SU-101 / SU-102) — An experimental self-propelled gun based on the T-44 chassis, equipped with either 100 mm D-10S or 122 mm D-25S, respectively.
  • Object 704 (Unofficially: ISU-152 Model 1945; Also known as the Kirovets-2) — A prototype self propelled gun developed in 1945, on the chassis of the Kirovets-1 (the initial prototype of the project that became the IS-3).
  • Object 268 (Unofficially: ISU-152-10) — An experimental self-propelled heavy howitzer over the T-10 heavy tank chassis
  • Object 120 (Unofficially: SU-152 "Taran") — A prototype turreted tank destroyer armed with a 152mm M69 cannon.

Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka

Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (Russian: зенитная самоходная установка - ЗСУ, lit. Zenithal (anti-aircraft) self-propelled installation), a subcategory of SU, May refer to any of these SPAAWs:

References

Notes

  1. ^ This does not include vehicles with other index types that is more used; Such as the SU-76M, which had the factory index SU-15.

Citations

Bibliography

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  • Svirin, Mikhail (2008). Samokhodki Stalina. Istoriya Sovetskoy SAU 1919-1945 (Self-propelled Guns of Stalin. The History of Soviet SPG 1919-1945). Moscow: Yauza, EKSMO. ISBN 978-5-699-20527-1.
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See also