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Overview[]

The ASU-85 is a Soviet airborne self-propelled gun / tank destroyer based on the PT-76 chassis.

Design[]

Early ASU-85 models were open-topped. Serial production was ordered for 1958, but the Ministry of Defense ordered for an armoured roof to be added. Series production started in 1961.

Variants[]

ASU-85 — Object 573
Standard model.
1S91
1S91 radar vehicle, part of the 2K12 Kub system.
ZSU-23-4
The GM-575 is a chassis based off the ASU-85 that the ZSU-23-4 used.
2P25
The GM-568 and GM-578 are chassis based off the ASU-85 that the 2P25 used.

Ammunition[]

See D-70 for its ammunition. Specific ASU-85 ammo loadouts are not known.

Operators[]

Flag of East Germany (1959 - 1990) East Germany
The Nationale Volksarmee received 20 vehicles in 1964.
Flag of Poland from 1928 to 1945 Poland, Second Republic of
Ludowe Wojsko Polskie received 31 ASU-85s in 1966, all were assigned to the 35th Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron (Polish 35. Dywizjon Artylerii Samobieżnej) of the 6th Pomeranian Airborne Division (Polish: 6. Pomorska Dywizja Powietrzno-Desantowa). All were withdrawn in 1976.
Flag of the USSR (1955 to 1980) Soviet Union
The Soviet Airborne Forces operated the ASU-85 for a short time before being withdrawn.
Flag of Viet Nam from 1955 to 1976 Viet Nam, Democratic Republic of
Still in service.
Flag of the Russian Federation (1993 to present) Russian Federation
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