That"s Unimodel"s 1:72 scale SU-122III Soviet self-propelled artillery gun.
Box in the traditional style of Unimodels, bright and colorful, patterned. The box includes: 6 sprues, 22 gum details -
162 parts. The kit is cleanly molded in dark green plastic. Details include hull, small parts, gum details decal and photoetched-metal parts. The model size is 132 ? 41,8 ? 32,4mm . Instrustion is laid out like most other Unimodels kits.
Historical information:
The SU-122 (SU-122 stands for Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122 mm) was a Soviet self-propelled howitzer used during World War II. The number "122" in the designation represents the caliber of the main armament—a 122 mm M-30S howitzer.
SU-122-III
Another attempt to create an improved SU-122 replacement was done by taking a SU-85 chassis and coupling it with the 122-mm D-6 howitzer, which was lighter and smaller than the U-11 howitzer. This was unsuccessful. Due to the unreliability of the howitzer"s recoil mechanism and its poor anti-tank capabilities, all further design work on 122 mm self-propelled howitzers was cancelled.
