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SU-122
Sign in to saveThe SU-122 (from Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122 mm) was a Soviet self-propelled howitzer or assault gun used during World War II. The number "122" in the designation represents the caliber of the main armament, a 122 mm M-30S howitzer. The chassis was that of the T-34.
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Vinony's link graph records 97 inbound references to SU-122, and connects out to T-60, 122 mm howitzer M1938 (M-30) and aerosani.
It is catalogued under topics including 122 mm artillery, Assault guns of the Soviet Union and Commons link is on Wikidata.
Vinony links it to 23 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- SU-122
- Weapon.image
- SU-122 TBiU 8.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- SU-122
- Weapon.origin
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.type
- Self-propelled howitzer
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.used_by
- Soviet Union
- Weapon.wars
- World War II Eastern Front
- Weapon.designer
- F. F. Petrov
- Weapon.design_date
- 15 April – December, 1942
- Weapon.manufacturer
- UZTM
- Weapon.production_date
- December 1942 – summer 1943
- Weapon.number
- 638
- Weapon.variants
- See variants
- Weapon.weight
- 30.9 tonnes (68,122 lb)
- Weapon.suspension
- Christie
- Weapon.speed
- 55 km/h (34 mph)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 30.9
- Image
- SU-122 TBiU 8.jpg
- Height
- 2.32
- Width
- 3000
- Length
- 6.95
- Speed
- 55
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- SU-122
- Commons gallery
- SU-122
- service entry
- 1943-01-01
- total produced
- 1150
- ride height
- 400
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Development history
- Production history
- Service history
- Variants
- SU-122M
- SU-122-III
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
- See also
The SU-122 (from Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122 mm) was a Soviet self-propelled howitzer or assault gun used during World War II. The number "122" in the designation represents the caliber of the main armament, a 122 mm M-30S howitzer. The chassis was that of the T-34.
==Development history== The Soviet High Command became interested in assault guns following the success of German Sturmgeschütz IIIs. Assault guns had some advantages over tanks with turrets. The lack of a turret made them cheaper to produce. They could be built with a larger fighting compartment and could be fitted with bigger and more powerful weapons on a given chassis. However, assault guns generally aim by orienting the entire vehicle, and were thus less suited for close combat than tanks with turrets.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “SU-122” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.