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S-51 | |
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Type | Self-propelled gun |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Production history | |
Designer | TsAKB |
Designed | 1943 |
Manufacturer | TsAKB |
Produced | 1943 |
No. built | 1 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 49.7 t (110,000 lb) |
Length | 9.35 m (30 ft 8 in) |
Width | 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in) |
Height | 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) |
Crew | 9 |
Armor | 75mm front
60mm side 30mm rear |
Main armament | 1x 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) |
Engine | V-2K 12 cylinder diesel engine 600hp |
Transmission | mechanical 8-speed gearbox |
Suspension | torsion 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 .