Produktbeschreibung
Sarnokhodnoe Ustanovka ISU-122 - Soviet doctrine used powerful SP guns to provide long range fire support for the tank forces. The ISU-122 carried only 30 rounds and a single AA HMG - Pack contains 1 Assault Gun, 1 Commander and 1 Dismounted Crew figures.
In April 1942 several Soviet design bureaus were ordered to design an armoured assault gun mounting 122mm or greater weapon. The most successful design to emerge from this process came from the Uralsky Machine-Building factory, designated the U-35. This design was to go on to become the SU-122, and it was fully adopted, after extensive trials, in December 1942.
The first 25 were manufactured by the end of the year. By March 1943 four regiments were quipped with the SU-122.
It was armed with the 122mm M-30 howitzer and the vehicle was based on the chassis of the successful T-34 medium tank.
It was crewed by five men, a driver, a gunner (stationed to the left behind the driver), a commander (right front) and the two loaders (the M-30 was loaded with two part ammunition) were behind the howitzer's breech.
The 122mm gun proved good in both close support work and anti-tank, it's high explosive round often proving enough to knock out enemy tanks with the shear concussive effect.
SU-122 production continued into the summer of 1944, by that time over 1100 had been made.
In Flames of War -
The SU-122 is probably the best value vehicle for supporting a Strelkovy battalion, it has good high explosive (FP2+), excellent range (32"/80cm) and good anti-tank (AT10). It also has good armour (F5 S5 T1), though it would pay not to expose it to too much fire.
While it doesn't gain all the benefits of the T-34 chassie (like Fast Tank and Wide Tracks) it also doesn't suffer from any mobility drawbacks either (like Overloaded or Unreliable). |
