With a weight of 29.2 tons, the Soviet SU-85 (SU stands for Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, which translates as “self-propelled carriage”) was designed explicitly as a tank destroyer. A crew of four operated the vehicle and its 85mm D-5T gun. Essentially, the SU-85 was a SU-122 assault gun modified by replacing the 122mm howitzer with an 85mm high-velocity antitank gun. It was obviously based on the chassis of the T-34 tank, and its heavier gun was needed to counter the appearance of new German tanks such as the Tiger and Panther. Indeed, its gun could penetrate the side armor of a Tiger or Panther at long range.
Special Features:
- Newly tooled mantlet for 85mm D-5T gun
- New upper hull with improved weld seams and details
- Rear fighting compartment plate is newly tooled
- One piece gun barrel made by slide molds
- Injection molded engine deck cover
- Photo etched engine deck grills and air intake louvers
- Fuel tanks with supports and photo-etched straps
- Crisply molded road wheels
- One piece DS tracks for convenient assembly
- Cartograf Decal offers various markings
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