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The introduction of the SU regiments has been covered already. A brief note on the SU equipment, which was divided into three main types. The SU-76 was the Light SU for the entire war, and included both the original SU-76 and the SU-76M (M = ‘modification’ or ‘modified’), and the SU-76i, which was a Soviet […]

SU-85 The SU-85 was designed to counter German Tiger and Panther tanks introduced in 1943 that had out-ranged the T34 with their 8.8cm (3.34in) and 7.5cm (2.95in) guns. It was based on a T34 chassis with aV-12 373kW (500bhp) engine but with a simple superstructure mounting an 85mm (3.34in) D-5S gun. It was put together […]