SU-76 [SEP] service entry
as "suka" (; "bitch") or "suchka" (; "little bitch"). It was also nicknamed "Golozhopiy Ferdinand" (; "bare-arsed Ferdinand") due to its very light armor and somewhat similar silhouette, when compared to the Germans' heavy "Ferdinand/Elefant" casemate tank destroyer of some 65 tonnes in weight.
History.
Design of the SU-76 began in November 1942, when the State Defense Committee ordered the construction of infantry support self-propelled guns armed with the
the original SU-76s.
The SU-76 was the basis for the first Soviet tracked armoured anti-aircraft vehicle, the ZSU-37. Mass production of the ZSU-37 was continued after SU-76M production ceased. All SU-76Ms had been withdrawn from front-line service shortly after the war ended, although some were retained as training vehicles for T-34 crews as late as 1955.
Variants.
- OSU-76: Experimental model based on the T-60 tank chassis.
- SU-76: Based on a lengthened T-70 tank chassis, with the inferior dual