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ASU-57 was the first series-produced SPG in the USSR that was developed specially to be delivered by air for airborne landing troops. The ASU-57 – aviadesantnaya samokhodnaya ustanovka, or air-landing self-propelled gun – will be a new addition to the Soviet light tank line and will be situated before the PT-76 on the tree.
The ASU-57 is one of the most unusual vehicles that has been added to War Thunder. It is a small-calibre, but still very dangerous SPG, whose main advantages are its small size, mobility and rate of fire. Light bullet-proof armour, a crew of three, an unusual configuration and built to be as light as possible – every aspect of this vehicle was designed to ease its landing by parachute. Curiously, the ASU’s power train was an M-20E automobile engine used in the Pobeda (Victory) civilian car, but it was armed with a semi-automatic Ch-51M cannon, practically identical in its ballistic characteristics to the ZiS-2.
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The vehicle came into service in 1951, until it was replaced by the more powerful ASU-85. Outwardly, the ASU-57 differs from Soviet SPGs from the end of the war in its small size and open cabin. It carries just 30 rounds for its cannon, but its reloading speed and ballistics are simply astounding. Remember the incredible 57mm ZiS-2 cannon on the early Soviet ZiS-30 SPG? The ASU-57 plays like a post-war version of the ZiS-30 – advanced and time-tested, with good mobility, maneuverability, a low profile and an absence of the lingering destabilization when stopping that annoyed players so much, a particular problem of the aforementioned anti-tank SPG.
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What will the strategy of the ASU-57 be? To quickly take a convenient position from which to fire 57mm rounds at the opponent and then instantly hide from enemy fire. To take an enemy position and set up an ambush. With its excellent rate of fire, to support attacking allies. And most of all – to avoid going head-to-head against the enemy: the ASU-57’s armour, to put it mildly, is non-existent. In everything else, the vehicle promises to be very interesting.
Expect the ASU-57 in one of the upcoming patches to 1.59 "Flaming Arrows". Good luck on the battlefield and see you there!
Comments (161)
Oh look a new post war tanks to fight WWII tanks how fun. I'm sure it will have sabot rounds too.
Will be loads of fun murdering this with any sherman, no need to even use the cannon.
Well then, the Br 5.3 Comet has SABO that oneshots everything.
Another 1950 - 60s tank to fight against WW2 tanks. Don't you guys want to separate the WW2 and Cold War vehicles? Its getting somewhat ahistorical.
Yes the game says vechicles up to 1953 BUT! it also says there will be exeptions.
I'm not talking about these vehicles being OP, as they are not. What I'm mentioning is the ahistoricallity of these vehicles fighting against Panzer 4s or Shermans. Post war tanks should fight another postwar tanks with no regard to their stats. If this vehicle was designed in the 1950s it should battle another 1950s tanks as it was historically meant to. I simply don't like the philosophy of "introducing crappy post-war vehicles but including them in the WW2 period because of their crappyness".
Where is my Sturer Emil and Raketenjagdpanzer 1? ;_;
Let me re-phrase: Where is my Leopard 1A1 and Gepard SPAA? ;_; hmm.. yes, much better.
soon
Noice, but when will we see the Sd.Kfz 251/22 (Sd.Kfz 251 Halftrack with a 75mm PaK 40) or the Puma?
This I sure want aswell!
So ASU-85 too? Since it was made before 1965.
Maybe yes, maybe no? You never know ;) (fixed ) :P
"know"*
Give other countries tanks and planes instead of Russia they have enough
Stop crying. If they add tanks for Germany then you start complaining that they're Biased to Germany, they make a few Russian tanks and then you cry more. Let them do what they want. More vehicles is more good news for War Thunder. Why does everyone have to make a problem out of it.
Higher priority vehicles should be added first instead of the lesser-known very limited edition vehicles.
Yey, another tank that I can one shot ;D
It can one shot you too though.
looking forward to ASU-85 and ASU-76 too
Lets see, the Russians are getting two really good tanks, while the us gets a B-18 Bolo. How fun. I still don't see anything equivalent to what they added for Russian in for any other nation yet.
M48, confirmed by mods a while ago for this patch the M60A2, Q&A says there will be the Sheridan and Jagpanzer 4-5 mods, one of those is an ATGM, confirmed by mods a year ago on forums for this patch are the Vulcan, Shilka, and Gepard. And there is supposed to be a lot more tier 5 tanks for everybody according to their Facebook reply to somebody.
I certainly hope so.
It kinda looks like a Russian StuG
more like a nashorn