PST 72073 ISU-130 Heavy Self-Propelled Gun

The ISU-130 was a Soviet prototype tank destroyer from the end of World War II. The drive was to be provided by a single 520 HP engine. The length of the car, including the barrel, was just over 11 meters and 3.07 meters wide. The main armament was to be a slightly modernized 130 mm B-13 sea gun.

The ISU-130 was built on the chassis and hull of the self-propelled gun and the SU-152 / ISU-152 tank destroyer. It can be assumed that its creation was determined by the appearance of the German Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger II, commonly known as the Royal Tiger. The ISU-130 is armed with the B-13 naval gun, the barrel of which has a T-shaped muzzle brake. The new gun in its original version had a firing range of 12,300 meters and good ballistic properties. The first prototypes of the ISU-130 were built at the beginning of 1945, and the new vehicle underwent field tests in the summer of 1945. However, due to the end of hostilities in Europe, its serial production was not started. Thus, the ISU-130 never got past the prototype stage.