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Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502

Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
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Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502
Soviet assault gun ASU-57 1/35 PARC MODELS 3502

Soviet assault gun ASU-57
1/35 scale plastic model kit
Parc Models PARC3502

 

Manufacturer: Parc Models 
Scale: 1/35
Material: Plastic
Condition: New in Box
 

The ASU-57 was a small, lightly constructed Soviet assault gun specifically designed for use by Soviet airborne divisions. From 1960 onwards it was gradually phased out in favour of the ASU-85.The task to develop a light-weight airborne assault gun with 57 or 76mm gun for the airborne troops was given to two design bureaus, Astrov (OKB-40) in Mytishchi and Kravtsev in Moscow. Nikolaj Astrov's OKB-40 designed the ASU-76, based on components of the light tank T-70 and the SU-76 assault gun, and armed with the new 76mm gun D-56T. The ASU-76 turned out to be too heavy, even though the armour was only 3 mm thick, and the project was cancelled. Anatoly Kravtsev's team came up with the similar, amphibious K-73. This vehicle was armed with Charnko's 57mm anti-tank gun Ch-51 and was even more thinly armoured than the ASU-76. This project too was shelved.

 

In 1949, Astrov was instructed to continue with his project, but with reduced weight and with the Ch-51 gun as main armament instead of the D-56T since it offered better anti-tank performance. The redesigned Ob.572 was developed simultaneously with the light artillery tractor Ob.561 (AT-P) and was accepted for series production from 1951 as the ASU-57, after successfully passing the various test phases in 1949The ASU-57 was designed to be a light-weight assault gun that could be air-dropped and deployed by rocket-assisted parachute (PP-128-500 or P-7) along with the troops. It was lightly armored and armed with a 57 mm gun Ch-51, a development of World War II ZIS-2 but with some similarities to the Ch-26. From 1954, an improved 57mm gun Ch-51M with much shorter double-baffle muzzle brake was fitted. The gun fired standard caliber 57x480R ammunition of the ZIS-2 anti-tank gun, such as the BR-271 series and the O-271U, of which it had 30 on board. The ASU-57's engine was taken from the GAZ-M-20 "Pobeda" civilian car.

 

The ASU-57 was a successful design, and saw service with Soviet airborne divisions for around 20 years before being replaced by the ASU-85. During its years of operation 54 vehicles would have been assigned to each airborne division.

 

One main drawback was the vehicle's welded aluminum hull, which offered little protection for the crew. However for airborne troops such vehicles are invaluable, giving lightly armed soldiers who are isolated behind enemy lines mobile artillery support on the battlefield.

 

Every vehicle was equipped with a radio 10 RT-12 and intercom system TPU-47. Late-production models (from 1961) had the R-113 and R-120, as well as a TVN-2 night vision device for the driver.

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