tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post1687941453260826976..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: SU-152 ProductionPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-53470679640288479032018-01-04T13:37:56.170-05:002018-01-04T13:37:56.170-05:00Those fit just fine into the rather lighter and ch...Those fit just fine into the rather lighter and cheaper (and less mechanically troubled) T-34 hulls once the matter became relevant, though... also if memory serves 100 mm guns weren't introduced until the late war anyway. (They did have the 107 mm but for various reasons that never became mainstream.)Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-22763086341726997752017-12-29T22:44:09.275-05:002017-12-29T22:44:09.275-05:00Kellomies Valid point about Russia not really need...Kellomies Valid point about Russia not really needing a heavy assault tank for a few year. But the hull would of been perfect for the 85 and 100mm anti tank guns. then after Kursk they could of started putting in big howitzers.Sager ,William A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830369127449299646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-89278085748003290082017-12-28T04:38:30.814-05:002017-12-28T04:38:30.814-05:00KV-2 was a rather hasty adaptation at a time when ...KV-2 was a rather hasty adaptation at a time when the production of baseline tank was only getting started, redesigning the thing into a casemate assault gun would hardly have yielded results in the time needed. Or necessarily been any less troubled given the number of issues plaguing the KV...<br /><br />...also not really sure what good heavy assault guns would have done the Red Army in the early years anyway, as it happened they got rather preoccupied with business that generally didn't involve assaulting heavily fortified defenses for a while. There's kind of a reason they stopped making KV-2s even as a stopgap measure after all.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-17537533767949166452017-12-27T15:18:46.052-05:002017-12-27T15:18:46.052-05:00The requirement for the KV-2 put speed of developm...The requirement for the KV-2 put speed of development over everything else, which is why the outcome wasn't exactly amazing. The SU-152 built on earlier projects, such as the KV-7 and ZIK-20.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-33903943691928144412017-12-27T13:25:16.372-05:002017-12-27T13:25:16.372-05:00Imagine if the Soviets had placed the simpler SU-1...Imagine if the Soviets had placed the simpler SU-152 into production instead of wasting time with the KV-2 and it's expensive ponderous turret the Soviets would of had heavy support guns from the beginning of the 1940, instead of 43. Any competent engineer should of taken one look at the size and height of the KV-2 turret and right away of known it was too tall and too heavy. Sager ,William A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06830369127449299646noreply@blogger.com