ASU-57 Airborne Assault Gun

Designer -  Uncertain at Present

Aviadesantnaya samochodnaya ustanovka, ASU-57

Manufacturer:

Uncertain at Present

Role:

Airborne Tank Destroyer / Assault Gun

Year Adopted:

1951

Operational Status:

Russia - Obsolete
(Manufactured from 1951 to 1962, phased out in late 1980's)

Other Nations - Egypt, Vietnam, Yugoslavia

Armament:

1x Ch-51 or Ch-51M L/73 57mm Gun with 30 rounds

Weapon Range:

6100 meters (high explosive fragmentation shell)
1250 meters (armor piercing shell)

6-10 shots per minute

Engine:
     Early:

     Later:
  
   

   
B-70 or A-72 engines, both are 4 cylinder water cooled gasoline  engines, producing 50 hp

M-20ES, 4 cylinder water cooled gasoline engine, producing 55 hp at 3600 RPM

Crew:

3 (Driver, Gunner, Loader) + 6  Passengers

 
6mm (sloped at 60 degrees)
6mm
6mm
6mm (sloped at 38 degrees)

Length:
     (excluding gun):
     (Overall):

   
11 feet, 6 inches (3.48 meters)
__ feet (5.75 meters)

Height:
     (shield in down position):
     (shield in up position):

    
3 feet, 10 inches (1.18 meters)
___ feet (1.46 meters)

Width:

6 feet, 10 inches
(2.82 meters)

Maximum Speed (on road):

28 miles per hour
(45 kilometers per hour)

Range:
(140 liter fuel tank)

155 miles
(250 km)