SU-122-44

The SU-122-44 was a Soviet self-propelled gun (SPG) designed in early 1944 with a 122 mm (4.8 in) D-25S gun, with its fighting compartment situated at the front of the hull. The "44" in its name referred to the T-44 tank which the design was based on. The front had a sloped 90 mm (3.5 in) armor plate, inclined at 27 degrees. The side armor was 76.2 mm (3.00 in) thick, and the rear was 45 mm (1.8 in) thick. The design was found to be too heavy for the chassis; its competitor, the SU-100-M-2, proved a superior design, and on March 7, 1945, all work on the SU-122-44 was terminated with no prototypes built.^[1]

SU-122-44
Type	Self-propelled gun
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Production history
Designer	Uralmash design bureau
Designed	1944–1945
Specifications
Crew	4[citation needed]
Armor	Front 90 mm / 27° Side 75 mm Rear 40 mm [1][2]
Main armament	122 mm D-25S[1]
Secondary armament	12.7 mm DShK AA machine gun[1]
Engine	V-2-44[1]
Suspension	Torsion bar[1]
Maximum speed	54 km/h (34 mph)[1]

See also

• Uralmash-1