SU-5

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SU-5

147 000

Crew:

Commander (Radio Operator)
Driver
Gunner
Loader
Loader

Advantages:

Long gun range coupled with decent ammo capacity and respectable damage when mounting the 122mm howitzer.
Insanely high gun elevation, especially with the 152mm mortar.
With the 152mm mortar, the SU-5 lobs shell at a high vertical arc.
Acceptable mobility for relocation.

Disadvantages:

Inadequate 76mm howitzers, painful stock grind due to the 76mm''s low alpha damage and the SU-5''s narrow horizontal gun arc.
Quite sluggish. Any tank that has spotted the SU-5, can destroy it with ease.
Poor view range.
Poor ammo capacity when mounting the 152mm mortar.
Very slow shell travel time on all its guns.

Tank description:

The SU-5 is a Soviet tier 4 self-propelled gun.The vehicle was developed at the beginning of the 1930s by the Design Bureau of the Kirov Experimental Machine Building Plant No. 185 (Leningrad). The project based on the T-26 light tank was designed for supporting mechanized units. Three prototypes with 76, 122, and 152 mm guns were produced. The variant with the 122 mm gun saw mass production. A total of 30 vehicles were supplied to the army. The project was discontinued in 1937.It can be considered as the worst of the whole USSR branch if in the hand of a low-skilled player, but it is actually much better than its predecessor SU-26 due to its 3rd weapon upgrades, the 152mm mortar NM mod. 1931, a lethal weapon conbining huge alpha damage with incredible penetration value and explosion radius, as well as a ridiculously high vertical shell arc, best of all tier IV SPGs, even better than many tier V ones. However, the 152mm mortar has two significant disadvantage: very short range and low ammo count. Stock, it starts with the underpowered 76mm Howitzer. Prior to 8.6, you could have spent the effort to get the 122mm howitzer with the SU-26 and thus, can start with that. Considering that the 122mm was removed from the SU-26, however, this would perhaps make the grind somewhat more difficult. Some players even prefer the 122mm howitzer to the 152mm mortar, because of its higher ammo count, and also it''s increased rate of fire.The SU-5 marks the end of its Soviet self-propelled gun line.

The vehicle was developed at the beginning of the 1930s by the Design Bureau of the Kirov Experimental Machine Building Plant No. 185 (Leningrad). The project based on the T-26 light tank was designed for supporting mechanized units. Three prototypes with 76, 122, and 152 mm guns were produced. The variant with the 122 mm gun saw mass production. A total of 30 vehicles were supplied to the army. The project was discontinued in 1937.