11045 The Su-57 self-propelled gun Grzegorz Okonski
The Su-57
First Edition, Lublin 2007
self-propelled gun
Photos: Gnegon Olcoliski Photos on the cover: Grzegorz Okonski Series Editor:
Rafa.l Szostak Text: Gn:egorz Okonsk i,
Translation: Pawel Szydlowski Proof reading : Karolina Zukowska
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either the Americans nor the British wanted it, so they decided to give it to Russians . Unlike the majority of weapons, the Su-57 self-propelled gun was designed to serve a particular army, and used somewhere else instead. The popular M3 armoured personnel carrier half track was equipped with the 57m.m cannon and named the T-48. In April 1942 it was decided that the gun was going to be used by American and British forces . However, as early as in October 1942, the Americans gave up this idea. The British, for whom White Motor Co. in Cleveland and Diamond T Motor Car in Chicago manufactured 680 guns out of a total of 962 , were not impressed with it. The poor characteristics of the 57mm anti-armour gun, designed by the British, were the reason for their dissatisfaction. The projectiles used were no longer capable of neutralizing the better and better armoured German tanks. This is why the cannons were removed from a number of t he guns, which were used as troops carriers, and the remaining 650 were sent to the Soviet Union within the Lend Lease program . And the
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Soviets, who suffered from a constant shortage of weapons, accepted whatever was offered to them with open arms. The T-48 were renamed as the Su-57 and immediately sent to the front . Some of them were used by the Polish Army as well. Fifteen guns and their crews became a part by the First Reconnaissance Battalion of the Polish Army on March 15, 1944. In June they constituted the Seventh Self-Propelled Artillery Unit. During the warfare the number of the Su-57s gradually decreased - both due to damages in combat, and lack of spare parts to have them repaired. The guns were used during the fights at Jablonna and Wal Pomorski, and on February 17, 1945, one of them destroyed 3 German guns and 8 other vehicles. The Seventh Unit concluded its war combat history with only five guns in working order. They were later given to the Internal security Corps, and in the late 1950s removed from service. There two guns in the army museums in Kolobrzeg and Warsaw at present; there are some in Russia as well.
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Parts of the rear wall - light sockets and upper handles • Fragrnenty tylnej sciany
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and bonnet fastenings : left viewed from the front, and right from the rear • Skrzynka i plaski
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Tactical and technical data Weigh Crew Dimensions Leng!h Width Height Track
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cannon ::; Mosin mac hine guns
(crew's personal gm:JS) Ammunition 99 cannon projectiles 22 hand grenades Armour
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Carburettor, four-stroke cycle, straight, six-cylinder While 160AX 148hp engine, liquid cooled 227 L
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The details of the driver 's post. Behind the cannon, t here is the folded r igh t sea t • Detale stanowiska kierowcy The Su- 57 self- propelled gun
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Troops mpar-tment floor, th e cases and ca.sseltes for projectiles • Podloga pr2edziahl bojowego , zbiornik l kasety na poctsk j
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The case :in t he rear parl o E the floor in the t roops compartment. fr ont s uspension a.nd the front left wheel • Skrzynka w przedziale OOJOwyrn , zavneszenie przednie i p:rzednje J we kolo
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