Editing Tank destroyer (section)

=== Soviet Union ===
[[File:SU-100 in the Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineering Troops and Signal Corps. St. Petersburg.jpg|thumb|Soviet [[SU-100]] in the [[Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps]]]]
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As with the Germans of 1943, most of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] designs mounted anti-tank guns, with limited traverse in casemate-style turretless hulls, in a general design format looking much like the Germans' own ''Jagdpanzer'' vehicles. The results were smaller, lighter, and simpler to build weapons that could carry larger guns than any contemporary tank, including the King Tiger. The Soviets produced high numbers of the {{nowrap|85 mm}} [[SU-85]] and {{nowrap|100 mm}} [[SU-100]] self-propelled guns based on the same chassis as the [[T-34]] medium tank; the heavier-duty powertrain and hull of the [[IS-2]] heavy tank were instead used to produce the heavier-hitting {{nowrap|122 mm}}-armed [[ISU-122]] and {{nowrap|152 mm}}-armed [[ISU-152]], both of which had impressive anti-tank capabilities earning each of them the Russian nickname ''Zveroboy'' ("beast killer") for their ability to destroy German [[Tiger I tank|Tigers]], [[Panther tank|Panthers]] and [[Elefant]]s. The predecessor of the ISU 152 was the [[SU-152]], built on the KV-1s chassis and shared many similarities (including its gun) with the ISU-152. The ISU-152 built as a heavy assault gun, relied on the weight of the shell fired from its M-1937/43 howitzer to defeat tanks.<ref name="tanks2">Forty and Livesey 2006 p. 329</ref> In 1943, the Soviets also shifted all production of light tanks like the [[T-70]] to much simpler and better-armed [[SU-76]] self-propelled guns, which used the same drive train. The SU-76 was originally designed as an anti-tank vehicle, but was soon relegated to the infantry-support role.<ref name="tanks3">Forty and Livesey 2006 p. 392</ref>