SU-122-44

SU122_44 (Stock)

Totals

5100 Cost

950 HPDurability

32.8 / 35 Weight

Crew

1. Commander
2. Radio Operator
3. Gunner
4. Driver
5. Loader

Armor

90/75/45Hull Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)

18/16/16Turret Armor(front/sides/rear, mm)

Maneuver

500 h.p.Engine Power

47.5 km/hTop Speed / Reverse Speed

35 deg/sTraverse Speed

Firepower

400 damage

175 mmAverage Penetration

10.3 Time for Complete Loading

26 deg/sGun Traverse Speed

Communication

230 mView Range

500 mSignal Range

SU-122-44

VII

5100

Development was started in June 1944 by the Uralmash Design Bureau. The vehicle was based on the T-44 chassis and had a conventional configuration, with the front placement of the fighting compartment. In October, People's Commissariat of the Tank Industry considered the SU-122-44 project. In December the design project was ready. However, the SU-100M-2 with the rear placement of the fighting compartment was preferred.

Gun

Level	Gun	Average Penetration (mm)		Rate of Fire	Dispersion at 100 m	Aiming Time	Experience	Weight (t)
VIII	122 mm D-25S	175/217/64	400/400/500	5.83	0.41	2.3	0	2590

Engine

Level	Engine	Engine Power (h.p.)	Chance of Fire on Impact	Experience	Weight (t)
VI	V-44	500	15	0	750

Level	Suspension	Load Limit	Traverse Speed (deg/s)	Experience	Weight (t)
VII	SU-122-44	35	35	0	7700

Radio

Level	Radio	Signal Range (m)	Experience	Weight (t)
IX	_9RS	500	0	100

Compatible Equipment

Compatible Consumables

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Decent sloped armour, and very strong mantlet
• Great DPM, fastastic for its tier
• Very manouverable for a tank destroyer
• Gets Soviet RNG
• Gets Soviet Tank Destroyer HE Penetration

Cons:

• Poor aim time and accuracy makes sniping difficult
• Only 4^o of gun depression makes fighting through hills challenging
• Engine is prone to damage, and burning as well

Performance

The SU-122-44 features an excellent gun, the same as that on the IS and IS6, but unlike the heavy tanks, it has a very good rate of fire at 5.83 rounds per minute, allowing it to tear apart tier VII and even tier VIII tanks with ease. However, despite the great DPM and alpha damage, the SU-122-44's poor dispersion and aim time values make it ill-suited to sniping. Instead, it plays well as supporting firepower for the team's medium tanks. It has an excellent speed limit of 48km/h, and the traverse speed of 35 deg/s is pretty good for a TD. However, the specific power of 15.03 HP/ton, and poor terrain resistance values make the SU-122-44 very sluggish to accelerate. In addition, the tank is further limited by it's 4 degrees of gun depression, second worst in the game, only beaten by the SU-101's 2 degrees. This highly limits the vehicle's ability to fight in hilly terrain, and even small bumps and rises will present a serious challenge to this tank. It is decently protected though, and even though the hull front is only 90mm thick, it is very well sloped, and when angled, the 122-44 can bait a few bounces, but it cannot be relied upon to stop gold ammunition from same-tier tanks.

It currently has the best credit coefficient of all tier VII tanks, and can be used to grind credits easily, similar to it's tier VIII premium counterparts.

Early Research

This vehicle is premium, so it comes elite

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