SU 76

SU 76 The first successes of the Blitzkrieg, the offensive lightning German, drove to the Soviets to leaving the production of light tanks, manifestly low before the German Panzer. The solution was to combine T-70 with cannons that had demonstrated already its efficiency, like them ZIS-3 and ZIS-76.

The aim was to obtain a weapon anti-tank with mobility. Nevertheless, the problem there was the bad life conditions into of the tank, which were doing that were named "the fox". At the end of 1942 there appeared the first SU-76, its construction being accelerated. Nevertheless, the improvements got in the shielding of the German tanks reduced the advantages of the cannon ZIS, for what SU-76 had should to be re-used for a different work, like the support to the infantry. Again gave a mission from 1945, when it began to be used to transport ammunition.



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	SU 76 Country: Soviet Union Period of activity: 1942-1945 Crew: 4 members Dimensions: 4,88 m. x 2,73 m. x 2,17 m. Weigh: 10,6 tons. Autonomy: 450 km. Engine: Two GAZ of petrol, 6 cylinders and 70 CV each one Shielding: Up to 25 mm. Speed: 45 km/h. maxim in highway; 0,7m step of vertical obstacles and 3,12 m. in trenches Armament: A cannon ZIS-3 of 76 mm.		The first successes of the Blitzkrieg, the offensive lightning German, drove to the Soviets to leaving the production of light tanks, manifestly low before the German Panzer. The solution was to combine T-70 with cannons that had demonstrated already its efficiency, like them ZIS-3 and ZIS-76. The aim was to obtain a weapon anti-tank with mobility. Nevertheless, the problem there was the bad life conditions into of the tank, which were doing that were named "the fox". At the end of 1942 there appeared the first SU-76, its construction being accelerated. Nevertheless, the improvements got in the shielding of the German tanks reduced the advantages of the cannon ZIS, for what SU-76 had should to be re-used for a different work, like the support to the infantry. Again gave a mission from 1945, when it began to be used to transport ammunition.
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