ISU-152

Nicknamed “Beast Killer”, the ISU-152 was a tank destroyer developed by the USSR and it served from 1943 to 1970.

The ISU-152 was designed in accordance to the standards of the soviet SU family of self propelled guns, basically it was an armored vehicle without a mobile turret, divided in two compartments, the first one for the crew and ammo and the second one for the engine and gears.

The ISU-152 found it´s origins in the SU-85 and SU-122 in 1942,  with the characteristical superstructure of armored plates welded and sloped that gave the crew a heavier protection but  mounted on the hull of the IS-2, the ISU-152 came to be the upgraded version of the SU-152 which was based on the hull of the KV-1 tank.

It’s service went of well passed the WWII until 1970 in several nations, besides the USSR it saw service in Czechoslovakia, China, North Korea, Egypt, Finland and Poland, it was also involved in several conflicts such as the Korean war, the Hungarian revolution of 1956 and the arab-israeli conflicts.

Source: – Wikipedia – Un Siglo en Guerra