Samokhodnaya Ustanovka

Mig Eater · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:02 pm Post subject: Samokhodnaya Ustanovka

I've been away on holiday travailing around the UK & Netherlands for most of the past two months so I haven't done much work on D-day. So to get back into the swing of things I jumped back into the vxl editor & churned out a few more units :p

A small & light tank destroyer designed for Soviet airborne troops in 1949, it was one of (if not) the first tank with the ability to be dropped by parachute.

Originally designed for the army in 1951 this tank destroyer suffered from a protracted development so by the time it was ready for production it was out of date & faced cancellation. Luckily with the introduction of new heavy lift helicopters this tank could be used by the airborne troops & so found a home.

Designed in 1947 using the Is-7 as it's base this heavy artillery was canceled before a prototype was made.

This monolithic artillery was built to counter the American M65 atomic guns & basically showed them anything you can build we can build bigger! With it's 406mm cannon it could fire nuclear shells up to 25km away.

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Dutchygamer · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:57 pm Post subject:

That last thing looks a hell lot like the Oka (and the Duke from my mod). I assume it's either the same, or from a similar family?

Mig Eater · Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:30 pm Post subject:

The Kondensator & Oka used the same hull but have different guns etc. The Oka had a 420mm morter & a barrel even longer then Kondensator!

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Lee · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:00 pm Post subject:

Jesus that Kondensator is a monster!

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Folio.

Dutchygamer · Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject:

Mig Eater wrote:

The Kondensator & Oka used the same hull but have different guns etc. The Oka had a 420mm morter & a barrel even longer then Kondensator!

I can only assume they shared the same flaw: firing that huge gun recoiled the vehicle to pieces? #Tongue

Orac · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:26 am Post subject:

Nuclear artillery? Wounderful. Very Happy

Crimsonum · Seth **Joined**: 14 Jul 2005 **Location**: Fineland

Dutchygamer wrote:

Mig Eater wrote:

The Kondensator & Oka used the same hull but have different guns etc. The Oka had a 420mm morter & a barrel even longer then Kondensator!

I can only assume they shared the same flaw: firing that huge gun recoiled the vehicle to pieces? #Tongue

Hah. Mig should give all Soviet vehicles a fire anim that damages the vehicle itself. As with everything of Soviet origin: Hastily constructed, easy to repair.

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Ixonoclast · Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2012 12:06 pm Post subject:

I dunno man. Shoddy vehicles kind of sounds like Shermans to me, not like T-34's.