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Tank Killer Company

By: Battlefront Miniatures

Type: Miniatures Box Set

Product Line: Flames of War - WWII - Soviet - Box Sets & Miscellaneous

Late

Last Stocked on 5/16/2024

Product Info

Title
Tank Killer Company
Sub-category
Publish Year
2010
Dimensions
8.25x5.75x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147440747
MFG. Part #
BFMSBX14
Type
Miniatures Box Set
Material
Plastic
Age Range
14 Years and Up

Description

The SU-100 self-propelled gun was the successor to the SU-85. It was based on a similar, but not identical, chassis mounting a 100mm D-10S gun. This excellent gun could penetrate 162mm of armour at 500 meters and 150mm at 1000 meters range.

The hull was improved from the SU-85 assault gun with the addition of a commander’s cupola, the same as that found on the T-34/85 tank. It was housed in a cylindrical casemate to the right of the gun.

In 1944 the first 500 SU-100 assault guns rolled off the production line at the Uralmarch factory in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).Another 1175 were built in 1945. They began replacing SU-85 assault guns in the medium assault gun regiments and brigades in late 1944.

SU-85M

The SU-85M assault gun was a stop-gap measure utilizing the new improved hull built for the SU-100. Not enough 100mm D-10S gun were initially available, so 85mm D-5 S-85 guns were mounted some early production hulls. The major advantage of the new hull was that is could carry up to 60 rounds instead of 48 of the SU-85 hull.