SU-100 | |
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![]() Russian SU-100 at a 2013 tank biathlon. | |
Type | Self-propelled anti-tank gun |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | October 1944 – present |
Wars | World War II Suez Crisis Bay of Pigs Invasion Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Yemeni Civil War (2014-present) |
Production history | |
Designed | 1944 |
Unit cost | $448,000 (vehicle's unit price for Morocco in 1967)[1] |
No. built | 4,976 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 31.6 tonnes (69,665 lbs) |
Length | 9.45 m (30 ft) |
Width | 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Height | 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) |
Crew | 4 (Commander/Radio Operator, Gunner, Loader, Driver) |
Armor | front: 75 mm (3 in) sides: 45 mm (1.77 in) rear: 45 mm (1.77 in) roof: 20 mm (.78 in) |
Main armament | 100 mm D-10S gun |
Engine | V-2-34 based on the Kharkiv Model V-2 500 hp (370 kW) |
Power/weight | 15.8 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Christie |
Operational range | Road: 250 km (160 mi) 320 km (200 mi) (with additional fuel tanks) Cross-country: 140 km (87 mi) 180 km (110 mi) (with additional fuel tanks) [2] |
Maximum speed | 48 km/h (30 mph) |
The SU-100 (Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 100) is a Soviet tank destroyer armed with the D-10S 100 mm anti-tank gun in a casemate superstructure. It was used extensively during the last year of World War II and saw service for many years afterwards with the armies of Soviet allies around the world.[3]
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