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Soviet SPGs 1944–45 Turret Armour

Vehicle Obr. Turret or Superstructure (mm/deg) Main Gun(s) Hull and Turret
Armour Plate
Front Side Rear Top
Face Mantle Assembly Spec
SU–85 [V] [1]   45/50° 65?/rnd
Cast
45/20° 45/0° 20/90° 85mm D–5S Welded ’43 to ’44
SU–85M [2]   75/50° 75/rnd
Cast
1944
SU–100 [V] [3]   100mm D–10S ’44 to ’45
ISU–122 [V] [4]   90/30° 65/rnd
Cast
75/15° 50/0° 30/90° 122mm A–19
ISU–122S [V] [4]   122mm D–25S
ISU–152 [V] [4]   152mm ML–20S

Copyright © 1999 David Michael Honner. All surfaces are RHA unless otherwise noted.

Footnotes

1. SU–85. Source: Russian Military Zone and Red Steel. Production ceased in July 1944. There is no detailed armour scheme for the SU–85 in the references, however as the SU–85 chassis is based on the T–34 this has been used instead. The value for the SU–85 mantle is from the maximum armour given in Red Steel. The lower front hull angle is variously given as 53°, 55° and 60°, with the latter being the most common and backed up by actual tests on Soviet vehicles, so 60° has been used for all T–34 based vehicles. [up]

2. SU–85M. Source: Russian Military Zone. Production ceased in December 1944. The SU–85M had the same hull as SU–100 so the armour scheme comes from the SU–100 page at the Russian Military Zone, with the exception of the lower front hull angle where the T–34’s chassis angle has been used instead. The lower front hull angle is variously given as 53°, 55° and 60°, with the latter being the most common and backed up by actual tests on Soviet vehicles, so 60° has been used for all T–34 based vehicles. [up]

3. SU–100. Source: Russian Military Zone. The armour scheme comes from the SU–100 page at the Russian Military Zone, with the exception of the lower front hull angle where the T–34’s chassis angle has been used instead. The lower front hull angle is variously given as 53°, 55° and 60°, with the latter being the most common and backed up by actual tests on Soviet vehicles, so 60° has been used for all T–34 based vehicles. [up]

4. ISU–122 and ISU–152. Source: Russian Military Zone and Red Steel. Red Steel mentions that the BL–8 and BL–10 howitzers were mounted in later models of the ISU–152, but according to the Russian Military Zone these were prototypes only and were not placed into production. [up]

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