introduction

In the face of German new tanks, the Soviet union began to develop a called KV - 14 new self-propelled guns, this kind of self-propelled guns equipped with a 152 mm cannon.

ML - 20 cannon shot velocity of 655 m/s, can be in the 2000 m distance breakdown 110 mm on the vertical armor. It USES the penetrator weight is 48.78 kg, sunder armor weight is 43.6 kg. Although originally developed the self-propelled guns against infantry is the purpose of short-range firepower, it can also be used as a weapon to use. In early February 1943, the development of the prototype KV - 14 work finished.

Because the ML - 20 artillery recoil is very big, so the car without using rotating turret, instead, the installation of fixed artillery combat chamber.

With complex loading way, ML - 20 artillery firing rate was only about 2 per minute. Artillery is also equipped with all-round viewer (in order to implement indirectly aimed shot) and ST - 10 hyperopia instrument (in order to implement direct fire). With its direct fire distance of 700 meters. All KV - 14 assault cannon is equipped with 10 - fairly RK - 26 radio and TPU - 3 internal telephone. Its chassis is adopted in the production of KV still 1 s tank chassis.

On February 14, 1943, approved GKO KV - 14 assault cannon formal production equipment units, and renamed the SU - 152

operation

Trim:Direction machine
VTOL:High and low machine
Pitch:Forward&Back
Roll:Turn the direction
AG7:hatch

SU-152 of the 1824th heavy self-propelled artillery regiment