| ASU-85 | |
|---|---|
 ASU-85 at the exhibition in the Museum. White Eagle in Skarzysko-Kamienna. | |
| Type | Assault gun |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1959–1993/ 2022- |
| Wars | Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia[1] Soviet–Afghan War[1] Sino-Vietnamese War Russo-Ukrainian War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Astrov Design Bureau |
| Designed | 1951–1959 |
| Manufacturer | MMZ PMZ |
| Produced | 1959–1966 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 15.5 tonnes (34,171 lb) |
| Length | 8.49 m (27 ft 10 in) |
| Width | 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Crew | 4 |
| Armor | 40–45 mm |
Main armament | 85 mm main gun D-70 (2A15) |
Secondary armament | 1× 7.62 mm PKT or SGMT coaxial machine gun |
| Engine | YaMZ-206V 6 cylinder inline water-cooled diesel engine 210 hp (154 kW) |
| Power/weight | 13.5 hp/tonne |
| Transmission | mechanical |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Fuel capacity | 400 l |
Operational range | 230 km (161 mi) |
| Maximum speed | 45 km/h (28 mph) |
The ASU-85 (Russian: Авиадесантная самоходная установка, АСУ-85, romanized: Aviadesantnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka, ASU-85 – airborne self-propelled mount) is a Soviet-designed airborne self-propelled gun of the Cold War era. From 1959, it began to replace the open-topped ASU-57 in service.[2] It was, in turn, replaced by the BMD-1 beginning in 1969.