S-51 Self-Propelled Gun


S-51
TypeSelf-propelled gun
Place of originSoviet Union
Production history
DesignerTsAKB
Designed1943
ManufacturerTsAKB
Produced1943
No. built1
Specifications
Mass49.7 t (110,000 lb)
Length9.35 m (30 ft 8 in)
Width3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
Height3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
Crew9

Armor75mm front

60mm side

30mm rear
Main
armament
1x 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4)
EngineV-2K 12 cylinder diesel engine
600hp
Transmissionmechanical 8-speed gearbox
Suspensiontorsion bar
Maximum speed 35 km/h (22 mph)

The S-51 is an experimental Soviet heavy self-propelled artillery unit from the Great Patriotic War . This combat vehicle was developed in the fall of 1943 on the basis of the KV-1s heavy tank by the Central Artillery Design Bureau (TsAKB) under the leadership of Vasily Gavrilovich Grabin .