89797 Tamiya - Russian Tank Destroyer SU-85- 1/35 w/Weathering Master Set  [89797]

During WWII, the Soviet built a self-propelled gun based on the T-34 framework. The self propelled weapon had been called the SU-85. The "SU" abbreviation means "Samokhoknaya Ustanovka" this means "self-propelled gun" and the 85 stands for the 85mm D-5T tool. The SU-85 had a crew of four males. Even though the SU-85 had been a self propelled gun, it had been well worth the title tank destroyer. The tank had been deployed in battle in December 1943 after the liberation of Kiev. The Russian military included 21 SU-85 cars into an artillery battalion underneath the control of corps and 31 into an artillery regiment for the tank army. By the mid 1940s, the Su-85 had been changed by the SU-100, which carried a 100m gun.