SU-5 "Small Triplex" Family

December 30, 2007

Destroyed SU-5 [7] (Rem AMVAS: Probably SU-5-2 with additinal armor)   SU-5-1 SU-5-1 76mm SP gun, Leningrad Plant No. 185, autumn 1935. [6] SU-5-1 SP gun [5] SU-5-1 ready for fire. Plant No. 185, Leningrad, autumn,1935 [6] SU-5-1 with 76mm gun at maximal elevation. Plant No. 185, Leningrad, autumn,1935 [6] SU-5-1 with 76mm gun. Plant No. 185, Leningrad, autumn,1935 [6]   SU-5-2 SU-5-2, 122mm SP gun [6] SU-5-2, 122mm SP gun [1] SU-5-2, 122mm SP gun [6] SU-5-2 ready for fire. Plant No. 185, Leningrad, autumn,1935 [6] Blueprint of SU-5-2, with 122mm SP gun [3] Upper: SU-5-2 with 122mm howitzer. 1936 year production. [6] Lower: SU-5-2 of the latest series with additional armor protection of the crew. [6] SU-5-2 organic to the 2nd Mechanised Brigade/Separate Far Eastern Army. Khasan lake area, Aug. 1938 [6]   SU-5-3 The photograph illustrates the Soviet Army’s only self-propelled artillery unit, the SU-5 mortar. Only 24 units were produced. [2] SU-5-3 SP gun equipped with 152mm mortar [4] SU-5-3 SP gun equipped with 152mm mortar [6] SU-5-3 SP gun equipped with 152mm mortar, Leningrad. Plant No. 185, Autumn, 1935 [6] SU-5-3 SP gun equipped with 152mm mortar, Leningrad. Plant No. 185, Autumn, 1935 [6]

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