Have your weak stugIII, i want this

[Skyguns MKII]

SU-152!
 

The vehicle inherited the nickname Zveroboy ("beast killer") from its predecessor, the SU-152, for its rare ability to reliably kill the best protected German fighting vehicles, the Panther tank, the Tiger and Tiger B tanks, and even the Elefant and Jagdtiger tank destroyers.

 
Place of origin  Soviet Union
Service history
In service 1943 - 1970s
Used by Soviet military
Finnish military
Polish military
Chinese military
Czechoslovakian military
North Korean military
Egyptian military
Wars World War II
Korean War
Hungarian Revolution
Egyptian–Israeli Wars
Production history
Designer Design Bureau of Factory No. 100
Designed 1943
Manufacturer Chelyabinsk Kirovsk Plant
(till 1946, also ISU-152M)
Leningrad Kirov Plant
(few units in 1945, also ISU-152K)
Produced 1943 (ISU-152)
1944 (ISU-152-2)
1945 (ISU-152 model 1945)
1953 (ISU-152K)
1959 (ISU-152M)
Number built
1885 (December 1943 - May 1945)
3242 (total, till 1947)
Variants
ISU-152
ISU-152-2
ISU-152 model 1945
ISU-152K
ISU-152M
Specifications
Weight 47.3 metric tons (maximum)
Length 9.18 m
Width 3.07 m
Height 2.48 m
Crew 4 or 5

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Armour
ISU-152, ISU-152-2
120 mm (mantlet (maximum))
90 mm (lower hull front, lower hull side and superstructure front)
75 mm (upper hull side)
60 mm (upper hull front)
ISU-152 model 1945
320 mm (in the area of the gun)
160 mm (mantlet)
120 mm (hull front, superstructure front and upper superstructure side)
90 mm (lower superstructure side)
Primary
armament
152.4 mm ML-20S gun-howitzer
(21 rounds) (ISU-152)
152.4 mm BL-8 or BL-10 gun
(21 rounds) (ISU-152-2)
152.4 mm ML-20SM model 1944 gun-howitzer
(20 rounds) (ISU-152 model 1945)
Secondary
armament ISU-152, ISU-152-2, ISU-152K
12.7 x 108 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun
(250 rounds) (ISU-152, ISU-152-2)
(300 rounds) (ISU-152K)
ISU-152M
12.7 x 108 mm DshKM anti-aircraft machine gun
(300 rounds)
ISU-152 model 1945
12.7 x 108 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun
(300 rounds)
12.7 x 108 mm DShK co-axial machine gun
Engine V-2IS diesel engine
V-54K diesel engine (ISU-152K)
520 hp (382 kW)
520 hp (382 kW) (ISU-152K)
Power/weight 11 hp/tonne
Transmission mechanical
Suspension torsion bar
Ground clearance 470 mm (ISU-152)
450 mm (ISU-152 model 1945)
Fuel capacity 560 liters (maximum)
(internal fuel tanks)
920 liters (ISU-152K, ISU-152M)
(internal fuel tanks)
360 liters (maximum)
(four external fuel tanks, not connected to the supply system)
Operational
range 120 km (cross terrain) (maximum)
(with the internal fuel tanks)
170 km (on a road) (maximum)
(with the internal fuel tanks)
220 km (on a road) (maximum)
(with two external fuel tanks)
670 km (on a road)
(with the internal fuel tanks)
(ISU-152K, ISU-152M)
Speed 37 km/h (on a road) (maximum)
15-20 km/h (cross terrain) (maximum)
40 km/h (on a road)
(ISU-152 model 1945, ISU-152K,  

[Delirium]

With all the 'up gunning' going on around here, I get the feeling some of you are compensating for a deficiency somewhere else.   

[moot]

Deficient eardrums..  Too bad we don't get realistic loudness for these big guns.

[Skyguns MKII]

With all the 'up gunning' going on around here, I get the feeling some of you are compensating for a deficiency somewhere else.   

your right, our hull Mg's are far too low of caliber... luckily this isn't.

[EskimoJoe]

your right, our hull Mg's are far too low of caliber... luckily this isn't.

Maybe it's just your hull MG that's far too low in caliber 

[Skyguns MKII]

Maybe it's just your hull MG that's far too low in caliber 

Its the fire rate that counts! 

[Rhah]

Most of the guns were never used. the BL-10 (the huge 152mm) was put on, but was deemed inefficient for combat. both the SU-152 and ISU-152 used a short barreled 152mm

[Skyguns MKII]

Most of the guns were never used. the BL-10 (the huge 152mm) was put on, but was deemed inefficient for combat. both the SU-152 and ISU-152 used a short barreled 152mm

allow me to recheck my research, i do know that they were not first indented to destroy tanks and over 1000 were produced between 1943-1945. There were a couple variants and models.

[Rhah]

the numbers seem right (to tired to look anything up at this point, calling on memory) and you are correct in saying that they were not originally designed for use against tanks. the short barreled 152mm was supposed to be used as an infantry support howitzer, for taking out building and such. however, there are accounts of that gun being shot at tigers and having 1 shell completely remove the tigers turret

[321BAR]

M-18 hijack of the day

[Rhah]

  would love an M-18

[Skyguns MKII]

M-18 hijack of the day

NO HIJACK, IM HIJACKING THIS HIJACK 

[Tyrannis]

careful shyguns,

skorpion might come in here&report you for not liking something he wished for 

[Imowface]

Here we go again guys 

[Vadjan-Sama]

-1

SU-100:

+1

IS-2:

+1

Stug III

+1

M-18
+0.5