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Guards Tank Killer Company (SBX14)
The SU-100 self-propelled gun was the successor to the SU-85. It was based on a
similar, but not identical, chassis mounting a 100mm D-10S gun. This excellent
gun could penetrate 162mm of armour at 500 meters and 150mm at 1000 meters
range.
The hull was improved from the SU-85 assault gun with the addition of a
commander’s cupola, the same as that found on the T-34/85 tank. It was housed in
a cylindrical casemate to the right of the gun.
In 1944 the first 500 SU-100 assault guns rolled off the production line at the
Uralmarch factory in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg).Another 1175 were built in
1945. They began replacing SU-85 assault guns in the medium assault gun
regiments and brigades in late 1944.
SU-85M
The SU-85M assault gun was a stop-gap measure utilising the new improved hull
built for the SU-100. Not enough 100mm D-10S gun were initially available, so
85mm D-5 S-85 guns were mounted some early production hulls. The major advantage
of the new hull was that is could carry up to 60 rounds instead of 48 of the
SU-85 hull.
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