Looking at pictures on or web site of the great tanks in the club and spotted this one.I must have seen it ,I was at the meet but, just don't remember it.
What is it ?
( not the thing with the prop ,the other thing with the cannon  )

Looks like an SU-152. i could be wrong

Someone is trying to convert T34 into SU 85,but the wheels are wrong

Its a SU-152 guys........ KV chassis and same superstructure as ISU-152. Nick name "Beast Killer" for taking out Tigers and Elephants at Kurst.  The 100 lb projectile basically knock the turret off Tigers and Panthers, and give the elephant crew concussion although most of the Elephant can be repaired.

There should be another picture of the SU-100 at the meet.

MikeC

Look at the size of those road wheels !Over rough terrain  you might think they would act as a brake on the underside of the upper track.Oh well, those Russkies in the picture look pretty confident, I guess it works

Here is the pic for the SU-100

knispel wrote:

Look at the size of those road wheels !Over rough terrain  you might think they would act as a brake on the underside of the upper track.Oh well, those Russkies in the picture look pretty confident, I guess it works

The idea is that the top of the road wheels act as upper track roller guides but you are right, not alot of suspension travel.

ya it's SU-152

kaptain Jack wrote:

Someone is trying to convert T34 into SU 85,but the wheels are wrong

We will forgive you for your ignorance because it is your birthday...

Don''t need forgiveness! First look at the original posting,then you will see that it is chopped T34
ROAD WHEELS!

kaptain Jack wrote:

Don''t need forgiveness! First look at the original posting,then you will see that it is chopped T34
ROAD WHEELS!

Hey kaptain Jack, trust me, it is NOT a chopped T34. I built it. It is a HL KV-1 chassis with a Juckenburg SU-152 kit. The SU-100 is also mine and it is a chopped WSN T34/85 with a SU-100 kit bolted on top.

MikeC.

kaptain Jack wrote:

Don''t need forgiveness! First look at the original posting,then you will see that it is chopped T34
ROAD WHEELS!

Hello? McFly! LOL!

Mike, I must admit you where right. I guess my arrogance,because I grew up in the former USSR,after war world two, on the military base littered with hundreds of T34, took over.But in spite of the fact that you supposed to remember things from your childhood better then current events,they to tend to slip away as well.
Mistake is mine,no matter how many hundreds of hours I spent climbing on,in and under those tanks,they remain just a sweet memory of careless childhood and my full size toys.  
Respectfully
Jack

That sounds like a mixed bag of coolest and possibly not coolest childhood ever

Jack, no apologies needed. I am a big fan of Russian armour and is very jealous of your careless childhood. Must be something else be able to just hang around these babies. Mike.