ASU-57
Sign in to saveThe ASU-57 was a small, lightly constructed Soviet assault gun specifically designed for use by Soviet airborne divisions. From 1960 onwards, it was gradually phased out in favour of the ASU-85.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- ASU-57
- Weapon.image
- ASU-57 US Army Armor and Cavalry Collection.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- ASU-57 on display at the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Airborne assault gun
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1951 – late 1960s (USSR)
- Weapon.used_by
- USSREgyptVietnamYugoslaviaEthiopiaEast Germany
- Weapon.wars
- Six-Day WarWarsaw Pact invasion of CzechoslovakiaOgaden War
- Weapon.designer
- Astrov Design Bureau
- Weapon.manufacturer
- MMZ
- Weapon.production_date
- 1950-1962
- Weapon.crew
- 3+6
- Weapon.length
- (hull)
- Weapon.height
- (shield up)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 1x Ch-51 or Ch-51M L/73 57mm Gun
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 1x 7.62mm anti-aircraft machine gun
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- Development history
- Design
- Armament
- Propulsion
- Protection
- Operational history
- Variants
- Operators
- Former operators
- References
- External links
The ASU-57 was a small, lightly constructed Soviet assault gun specifically designed for use by Soviet airborne divisions. From 1960 onwards, it was gradually phased out in favour of the ASU-85.
==Development history== thumb|left|ASU-76 The task to develop a lightweight assault gun for the airborne troops (with either a 57 mm gun or a 76 mm gun) was given to two design bureaus, Astrov (OKB-40) in Mytishchi and Kravtsev in Moscow. Nikolaj Astrov's OKB-40 designed the ASU-76, based on components of the T-70 light tank and the SU-76 assault gun, and armed with the new 76 mm gun D-56T. The ASU-76 turned out to be too heavy, even though the armour was only 3 mm thick, and the project was cancelled. Anatoly Kravtsev's team came up with the similar, amphibious K-73. This vehicle was armed with Charnko's 57 mm anti-tank gun Ch-51 and was even more thinly armoured than the ASU-76. This project too was shelved.