Italian AT and a remodelled T-34!

[Wulf]

Another good reason for doing the T34 is so it can be converted to the Egyptian version with the 100mm and 122mm guns - strange looking vehicles!!!!

A T-34/122? That must be a bit nose-heavy!

[Ithoriel]

T34/122

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Just don't try to fire when pointing uphill!

[petercooman]

It's like a poor man's KV-2 

[Steve J]

That is one ugly looking tank!

[fsn]

Aw! It's parents loved it.

[Techno]

Is that really a 'proper tank' ?

Looks like the turret belongs to a much larger scale model.

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

1960s Egyptian conversion from what I know!

[Wulf]

The turret looks like it was put together from spare parts.

Badly.

[Ace of Spades]

Well...technically it's not a tank but a Tank Destroyer. It looks like a bit like the Russian T34/122 but with added protection for the crew.
The top of the sides and rear of the turret could be lowered. Don't know whether that was to improve visibilty or atmospheric conditions for the crew. Knowing it's origin it could be that it was done to make it easier for the crew to surrender? (Sorry, couldn't resist it...)

Cheers,
Rob

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I thought is was an SP gun for indirect  fire. When it was designed the Russians didn't have any of those

[toxicpixie]

Iirc without checking, the Russian t-34/122 was an SPG prototype/test bed whilst the Egyptian one was intended for AT work and didn't have the same elevation & indirect fire ability...

Supposed to turn unusable for modern combat t34 chassis into a really handy mobile AT platform to counter superior Israeli armour...

[Ace of Spades]

Iirc without checking, the Russian t-34/122 was an SPG prototype/test bed whilst the Egyptian one was intended for AT work and didn't have the same elevation & indirect fire ability...

Correct indeed Toxicpixie!

Cheers,
Rob

[Ithoriel]

I am under the impression that after protoyping a 122mm armed StuG (the SG-122) the Russians opted for an amalgamation of the 76.2mm armed U-34 and and the SG-122 to create the SU-122. This was an assault gun armed with a short-barrelled howitzer.

The ISU-122 replaced the SU-122 after a thousand or so of the latter had been built.

The howitzer wasn't very accurate (it was designed as  a bunker buster) but if it landed in the right place it would rip the turret off a Tiger.

The Egyptian version is an ad hoc mobile AT gun. A big ugly target but rather bigger teeth than the SU-122!

A 122mm armed StuG would be something to model! OK so there were only 10 and they probably never saw action but still ....

[Ace of Spades]

That's an interesting model too indeed!
Any more pictures anywhere?

Cheers,
Rob