virtual excursion to the tank museum of Kubinka
Self-propelled installation of SU-152 on the basis of the T-10 tank (“object 268”)
Self-propelled installation was developed in 1956. A prototype has been issued. I was not in service with me. In battles it was not used.
Tactico-technical characteristics of object 268:
Weight – 50 tons
Crew – 4 people
Overall dimensions (length x width x height) 9100 x 3270 x 2675 mm.
Armament of facility 268:
gun – 1 piece, caliber 152 mm., ammunition – 22 shots
machine gun – 1 piece, caliber – 14.5 mm., ammunition 250 shots
Armor protection: the forehead of the body is 120 mm., The forehead of the felling is 170 mm.
Engine power – 750 horsepower
The maximum speed is 48 km / h
Cruising range on the highway – 350 kilometers
The depth of the water barriers to be surfaced is 1 meter
Features of the construction of the object 268
The base is a heavy tank T-10.
The overall layout is closed, the control room is located in front of the machine.
Armament is a mechanical method of aiming a gun; loading with the tray-type dispatch mechanism; blowing the bore of the barrel by an ejection device; there are rangefinder, telescopic and panoramic sights.
Protection – the body is welded, armor sheets are welded on top of the hull, the rear deck is removable for dismantling the artillery system.
Chassis – engine 12-cylinder, V-shaped, four-stroke water-cooled diesel engine with drive supercharger and ejection cooling system; transmission mechanical, planetary (in one block with a turning mechanism); suspension torsion beam, hydraulic shock absorbers are placed inside the balancers of the first, second and seventh suspension.