ISU-152
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The ISU-152 (, meaning "IS tank based self-propelled installation with 152mm caliber gun") is a Soviet self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II. It was unofficially nicknamed Zveroboy (; "beast killer") in response to several large German tanks and guns coming into service, including Tigers and Panthers. Since the ISU-152's gun was mounted in a casemate, aiming it was awkward, and had to be done by repositioning the entire vehicle using the tracks. Therefore, it was used as mobile artillery to support more mobile infantry and armor attacks. It continued service into the 1970s
Key facts
- Weapon.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)
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- ISU-152, ISU-152-2, ISU-152K 12.7×108 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun(200 rounds) (ISU-152, ISU-152-2)(300 rounds) (ISU-152K) ISU-152M 12.7mm DshKM anti-aircraft machine gun(300 rounds) ISU-152 model 1945 12.7×108 mm DShK anti-aircraft machine gun(300 rounds) 12.7×108 mm DShK co-axial machine gun
- Weapon.engine
- 12-cyl. V-2IS diesel engine
- Weapon.engine_power
- 520 hp (382 kW)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 11 hp/tonne
- Weapon.transmission
- mechanical
- Weapon.suspension
- torsion bar
- Weapon.name
- ISU-152
- Weapon.image
- File:[email protected]
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- ISU-152, Kubinka Tank Museum
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Heavy assault gun
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1943–1980s (USSR)
- Weapon.designer
- Design Bureau of Factory No. 100
- Weapon.design_date
- 1943
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Design
- Variants
- ISU-152-2
- Object 704
- ISU-152K
- ISU-152M
- Use
- Heavy assault gun
- Heavy tank destroyer
- Self-propelled artillery
- Soviet military service
- Foreign military service
- Finland
- Poland
- Czechoslovakia
- Romania
- Yugoslavia
- China
- North Korea
- Egypt
- Iraq
- Algeria
- Survivors and memorials
- Notes
- References
- External links
The ISU-152 (, meaning "IS tank based self-propelled installation with 152mm caliber gun") is a Soviet self-propelled gun developed and used during World War II. It was unofficially nicknamed Zveroboy (; "beast killer") in response to several large German tanks and guns coming into service, including Tigers and Panthers. Since the ISU-152's gun was mounted in a casemate, aiming it was awkward, and had to be done by repositioning the entire vehicle using the tracks. Therefore, it was used as mobile artillery to support more mobile infantry and armor attacks. It continued service into the 1970s and was used in several campaigns and countries.
==History== thumb|left|An ISU-152 displayed at Karlshorst, [[Berlin, Germany.]] The beginnings of the ISU-152 came on 24 January 1943, when the first prototype of the SU-152 was unveiled. This was a fully enclosed 152mm gun-howitzer on the KV-1S tank chassis. It was designated ' ("Object 236") . Object 236 was completed in Factory No. 100 in Chelyabinsk, and was tested successfully from 24 January to 7 February 1943. On 14 February the vehicle was adopted and put into production under the KV-14' (кв-14) designation; in April 1943 the designation was changed to SU-152" (СУ-152).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ISU-152” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.