ISU-152 (China)
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Description
The ␗ISU-152 is a rank III Chinese tank destroyer with a battle rating of 4.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.91 "Night Vision".
General info
Survivability and armour
Armour type:
- Rolled homogeneous armour
- Cast homogeneous armour (Gun mantlet)
| Armour | Front | Sides | Rear | Roof |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | 60 mm (75°) Front glacis 90 mm (31°) Lower glacis |
90 mm | 60 mm (50°) Top 60 mm (39°) Bottom |
30 mm |
| Superstructure | 90 mm (29°) Front glacis 65 mm (7-69°) Gun mantlet case 100 mm Gun mantlet (0-45°) |
75 mm (14-15°) | 60 mm (1°) | 30 mm |
Notes:
- Suspension wheels are 20 mm thick while tracks are 30 mm thick.
Mobility
| Game Mode | Max Speed (km/h) | Weight (tons) | Engine power (horsepower) | Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forward | Reverse | Stock | Upgraded | Stock | Upgraded | ||
| Arcade | 39 | 15 | 46 | 739 | 992 | 16.07 | 21.57 |
| Realistic | 36 | 14 | 460 | 520 | 10 | 11.3 | |
Armaments
Main armament
| 152 mm ML-20S | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | Vertical guidance |
Horizontal guidance |
Stabilizer | ||
| 20 | -3°/+20° | -3°/+7° | N/A | ||
| Turret rotation speed (°/s) | |||||
| Mode | Stock | Upgraded | Prior + Full crew | Prior + Expert qualif. | Prior + Ace qualif. |
| Arcade | _.__ | _.__ | _.__ | __._ | __._ |
| Realistic | _.__ | _.__ | _.__ | __._ | __._ |
| Reloading rate (seconds) | |||||
| Stock | Prior + Full crew | Prior + Expert qualif. | Prior + Ace qualif. | ||
| 27.7 | __.__ | __.__ | __.__ | ||
Ammunition
| Penetration statistics | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Penetration in mm @ 90° | |||||
| 10m | 100m | 500m | 1000m | 1500m | 2000m | ||
| BR-540 | APHE | 170 | 169 | 161 | 152 | 144 | 136 |
| OF-540 | HE | 65 | 65 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 63 |
| BR-540B | APHEBC | 166 | 164 | 157 | 148 | 140 | 133 |
| BP-540 | HEAT | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 | 250 |
| Shell details | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Type of warhead |
Velocity in m/s |
Projectile Mass in kg |
Fuse delay
in m: |
Fuse sensitivity
in mm: |
Explosive Mass in g (TNT equivalent): |
Normalization At 30° from horizontal: |
Ricochet: | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||||
| BR-540 | APHE | 600 | 49 | 1.2 | 15 | 816 | -1° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| OF-540 | HE | 655 | 44 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 5,900 | +0° | 79° | 80° | 81° |
| BR-540B | APHEBC | 600 | 49 | 1.2 | 15 | 1,120 | +4° | 48° | 63° | 71° |
| BP-540 | HEAT | 680 | 48.8 | - | 0.1 | 5,910 | +0° | 62° | 69° | 73° |
Machine guns
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Usage in battles
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Pros and cons
- Great calibre provides enormous damage output.
- Powerful HEAT ammo with good HE blast.
- Fast reload for the calibre.
- Good armour capable of deflecting quite a lot of enemy shells if wiggling and angling.
Cons:
- Armour cannot stand up against high-rank cannons.
- Small crew compartment.
- Armour not angled.
- Rather sluggish.
- Very inadequate gun depression of -3°.
- Gun breech often gets damaged while under enemy fire.
History
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Media
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See also
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External links
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| China tank destroyers | |
|---|---|
| PLA | |
| Gun vehicles | PLZ83 · PLZ83-130 · PTZ89 |
| Missile vehicles | AFT09 |
| ROC | |
| Missile vehicles | CM25 |
| USA | |
| Gun vehicles | ␗M8 HMC · LVT(A)(4) (ZiS-2) · ␗M10 GMC · ␗M36 GMC |
| Missile vehicles | ␗M113A1 (TOW) |
| USSR | |
| Gun vehicles | ␗SU-76M · ␗ISU-152 · ␗ISU-122 · ␗SU-100 |
