The starting of an ISU-152

[MilsurpShooter]

Russian ISU-152 Tank Destroyer starting up (Youtube link)

Dunno how many other history nuts we have in here but figured some would get a kick out of it. Just wish I spoke Russian to know the backstory.

Fact that with some minor maintenance that the thing starts up is down right amazing in my book.

 

[Peloton]

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That's amazing. That thing is a beast too. Here's a link to some basic info on the ISU-152 if anyone's interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISU-152

 

[timesublime]

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That is pretty astounding to watch. I just read the wikilink and the ISU variant could blow the turret off a tiger tank!

 

[High Binder]

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That's pretty cool.

 

[Wolvenhaven]

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Yea, the Russians built tanks that are very robust and very simple. They pulled a T34 out of a pond in Finland, drained it, dumped in oil, hydraulic fluid, and diesel, and drove the thing off. After it had been submerged for 60 years.

 

[MilsurpShooter]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: timesublime</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That is pretty astounding to watch. I just read the wikilink and the ISU variant could blow the turret off a tiger tank!</div></div>

Not surprising considering the gun this thing packed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/152_mm_howitzer-gun_M1937_%28ML-20%29

When looking at a Tank vs a Tank destroyer, remember that the engineers usually had to compromise the guns size so as not to overtax the turret ring, plus make room for the crew inside.

Tank destroyers got around that by pretty much doing away with the turret and building a box on top of an existing hull. This allowed a much larger gun to be fitted inside without major alterations to the basic production line hull of the existing tank.

The Elephant Tank Destroyer fielded by the Germans for instance, pretty much built an armored cupola on top of the hull of the Tiger (P) Variant (Built by Ferdinand Porche under contract competition with Henschel, Henschel won and produced the Iconic Tiger so many are familiar with)

SU-152 and the later ISU-152 were built up off the Kliment Voroshilov, or KV series heavy tanks.

Another Tank Destroyer, dubbed the JadgTiger, used the hull of the King Tiger, or Tiger II tank.

Pretty much they were just tanks used to carry super heavy guns around

 

[GunKnowledge]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wolvenhaven</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Yea, the Russians built tanks that are very robust and very simple. They pulled a T34 out of a pond in Finland, drained it, dumped in oil, hydraulic fluid, and diesel, and drove the thing off. After it had been submerged for 60 years. </div></div>

It was in Estonia.

http://rense.com/general75/germ2.htm

 

[MilsurpShooter]

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Stug from a bog was pretty good to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvveoQRVBxY

And the KV pulled from a lake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSk85mjbpDM

amazing some of the stuff still hidden out there

 

[Yasherka]

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I'll see if I can get the wife to translate tonight.

 

[MilsurpShooter]

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don't go through too much trouble, but I'd appreciate the heck out if it.

 

[Yasherka]

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Here's the gist of it:
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">This machine is called "Animal destroyer" and was constructed in 1944 as heavy artillery equipment. For a longest time it has been displayed in one of the tiny villages of Ukraine. They were going to put it on a pedestal, but never found money to do it. In the recent years the locals stole a bunch of inner parts from the machine, knowing the value of the metal. When it was found by historians, they DE-militarized it and fixed it up so it can move.</div></div>

The engine is original and did not require a huge effort to start although it did need a few replacement parts such as a fuel pump.

Thew only time it was used during the war was when the villagers needed to uproot some trees to enlarge a field

The description is here

 

[MilsurpShooter]

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Much appreciated Yasherka. Still can't imagine something like that sitting for so long and only requiring some minor parts to start up.