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The Su-57
self-propelled gun The Su-57
Grzegorz Okonski
First Edition, Lublin 2007
self-propelled gun
Photos:
Gnegon Olcoliski
Photos on the cover:
Grzegorz Okonski
Series Editor:
Rafa.l Szostak N either the Americans nor the British wanted it, so they Soviets, who suffered from a constant shortage of weapons, ac
Text: Gn:egorz Okonski, decided to give it to Russians. Unlike the majority of cepted whatever was offered to them with open arms.
weapons, the Su-57 self-propelled gun was designed to serve a The T-48 were renamed as the Su-57 and immediately sent
Translation: Pawel Szydlowski particular army, and used somewhere else instead. The popular to the front. Some of them were used by the Polish Army
Proof reading: Karolina Zukowska M3 armoured personnel carrier half track was equipped with as well. Fifteen guns and their crews became a part by the
Design: KAGERO STUDIO the 57m.m cannon and named the T-48. In April 1942 it was First Reconnaissance Battalion of the Polish Army on March
Marcin Wachowicz decided that the gun was going to be used by American and 15, 1944. In June they constituted the Seventh Self-Propelled
OW KAGERO British forces. However, as early as in October 1942, the Amer Artillery Unit. During the warfare the number of the Su-57s
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icans gave up this idea. The British, for whom White Motor gradually decreased - both due to damages in combat, and lack
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tel./fax ( [phone] I I 81 Co. in Cleveland and Diamond T Motor Car in Chicago manu of spare parts to have them repaired.
tel. ( [phone] factured 680 guns out of a total of 962, were not impressed The guns were used during the fights at Jablonna and Wal
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[email protected] with it. The poor characteristics of the 57mm anti-armour gun, Pomorski, and on February 17, 1945, one of them destroyed 3
www.kagero.pl designed by the British, were the reason for their dissatisfac German guns and 8 other vehicles. The Seventh Unit concluded
tion. The projectiles used were no longer capable of neutraliz its war combat history with only five guns in working order.
ISBN 978-83·60445-74-7
ing the better and better armoured German tanks. This is why They were later given to the Internal security Corps, and in
c All rights reserved the cannons were removed from a number of the guns, which the late 1950s removed from service.
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were used as troops carriers, and the remaining 650 were sent There two guns in the army museums in Kolobrzeg and
Korzystywanie fragmentOw tej ksi"liki
do przedruk6w w gazetach i czasopi to the Soviet Union within the Lend Lease program. And the Warsaw at present; there are some in Russia as well.
smach, w audycjach radlowych i pro
gramach telewizyj11ych bcz pisemnej
zgody Wydawcy jest zabronione. Na
zwa serli zastrzeiona w UP RP
Dodatkl dla modelarzy dof'l:czone do
ninlejnej publikacji stanowi"\ Integral
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dawane oddzielnic
Cena detallczna: 22.00 PLN
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The hoist
reels and
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Parts of the rear wall - light sockets and upper handles
• Fragrnenty tylnej sciany
The rear Lights sockets and the rear towing hook •
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The cover
of the
right front
headlight.
Behind
it, on the
starboard,
•' a step above
the box, the
fastening and
the handle at
the bonnet
• Oslona
prawego
przed.nlego
.,.. reflektora,
stopien nad
skrzynkl\-•
zatrzask
i rl\-czka przy
ma.sce silnika
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above it
• Stopieii
przy prawej
burcie
i fragment
stopnia
tylnego
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and bonnet
fastenings:
left viewed
from the
front, and
right from
the rear
• Skrzynka
i plaski
ucbwyt
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seat • Prawy
przedni
b!otnik, !ewe
drzwi i detale
maski silnika
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Tactical and technical data
Weigh 9,!53 t
Crew 5
Dimensions
Leng!h 5.99m
Width 2,19m
Height 2,23m
Track 0,28m
cannon
::; Mosin machine guns
(crew's personal gm:JS)
Ammunition
99 cannon projectiles
22 hand grenades
Armour 16-6,3 mm
Carburettor, four-stroke cycle, straight,
six-cylinder While 160AX 148hp
engine, liquid cooled
227 L
801/lOOkm
72 km!h
320-350km
The details
of the left
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