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Hello ! This is my first suggestion and I’d like to talk about a vehicle that has only surfaced very recently, this month in fact. While experimenting new guns on the ISU-152 was quite a common thing to do in the USSR, this one is pretty unlikely.
I’d like to suggest the addition of the ISU-152K (241K) armed with an experimental 152 mm anti-tank guided missile launcher and its TKB-602-A2 missiles (or Garpun, we’ll get back to that).
History
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While work on the future missile tank 288 was ongoing at the Kirov factory in Leningrad in the early 1960s, the question concerning what armament to use was still not closed. In 1963, the OKBT, Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant, Factory 9 and TsNII-73 were working on fitting it out with the Lotos ATGM.
In addition to this, it was also considered to use either the Rubin ATGM or the Garpun ATGM. Two 1:10 models were built showcasing the tank armed with those two options. The TKB-602 complex was also meant to use the unguided rocket Gazon.
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Since the Garpun missile was still in active development, a simulator called TKB-602-A2 was created, mostly to test out some features like fin deployment.
In order to test them out, it was decided to use an ISU-152K and modify its internal compartment. The gun was also shortened to only 3 meters long. Those modifications allowed an increase in vertical targeting angles up to 40° overall.
It was built in december 1963 and partook in trials before being abandoned.
Specifications
Crew : 4 to 5
- Driver
- Gunner
- Commander (it unlikely had one as it was a test bed)
- Loader
- Loader
Armament
- One 152 mm gun/launcher TKB-602 (Ammo : no more than 20, less is very likely)
Sights : PS-10
Elevation : 40° overall - Since the TKB-602-A2 missiles were (likely inert) simulators of the Garpun ATGM, I propose adding the later ones with the following characteristics that are known :
- I also propose adding the Gazon rockets with the characteristics specified in the data sheet above in the “History” section.
Dimensions
- Weight : ~ 47,2 t
- Length : 7.81 m
- Width : 3,07 m
- Height : 2,405 m
Mobility
- Engine : V-54K (A-137K) (520 hp)
- Top speed : 40 km/h / -15 km/h
- Transmission : 8 forward / 1 reverse
Armor
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Sources
- Техника и Вооружение N°04/2024, p. 22-26
- Техника и Вооружение N°03/2024, p. 43
- Техника и Вооружение N°02/2024, p. 40
- Отечественные бронированные машины 1945-1965 гг. M.V. Pavlov, I.V. Pavlov