![]() Modelers will enjoy to recreate the powerful form of the SU-122 including its wedge-shaped form, 122mm howitzer, large gun base, and recoil tow-cover which now comes as a 1/35 scale model. In following the success at Kursk, the SU-122 set the foundation on where other tanks such as the SU-85, SU-100, JSU-122, and JSU-152 were built upon. The SU-122 with its 23 caliber 122mm howitzer fought with all its might against Panther and Tiger tanks and went on to superbly win a glorious victory. From July 1943, they saw action in the Battle of Kursk. From there, the first lot of SU-122s were sent straight to the Leningrad front in January 1943. As the T34's chassis and its mass production system was applied to SU-122, the first test models were amazingly completed with great speed taking approximately one month. This tank featured a newly designed 122mm self-propelled howitzer and its production began in October 1942 at Tankograd in the Ural mountains. At the same time, Russian army urgently developed a new self-propelled gun, the SU-122. As Russian forces were forced to retreat from the relentless German blitzkrieg, large quantities of T34 and other tanks were produced in preparation of a counter attack. ![]() The designation of SU-122 comes from the following SU stands for Samokhodnaya Ustanovka (in Russian) meaning self propelled and 122 stands for the armament. Based on the same chassis, the SU-122 featured a secured, wedge-shape fighting compartment, and was armed with a massive 122mm howitzer. The Russian T34 tank is known as a masterpiece. This is a Tamiya 89798 1/35 Russian Tank Destroyer SU-122. ![]()
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