SU-76M was a reliable vehicle (the GAZ-203 engine unit confidently worked out not less than 350 hours without serious breakdowns). But the main advantage of light SPGs was their wide versatility.Īccording to table of organization and equipment of 1943, each light self-propelled gun regiment was equipped with 21 SU-76M, there were 119 such regiments in the Red Army by the end of World War II. While its thin armour and open top made it vulnerable to anti-tank weapons and grenades, its light weight and low ground pressure gave it good manoeuvrability and low noise on the move. The SU-76M virtually replaced light tanks in the close support role. THIS IS THE TANK SHOWN ON THE NEAR SIDE OF THE ROAD BLOCK IN PHOTO NO 040367.
ONE OF THE TEN JAPANESE TYPE 95 HA-GO LIGHT TANKS KNOCKED OUT BY GUNNERS OF 13TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK BATTERY USING 2 PDR GUNS IN AN AMBUSH DURING A WITHDRAWAL IN MALAYA. TWO GUNS OF THIS BATTERY KNOCKED OUT FIVE TANKS.Ī two pounder Anti-Tank Gun of the 4th Anti-Tank Regiment, 8th Australian Division, AIF, directed by VX38874 Sergeant (Sgt) Charles James Parsons, of Moonee Ponds, Vic (centre), with two crew members, identified as VX56083 Gunner (Gnr) Lenard Edward Coutts and Gnr Ken Daniels, standing against their Anti-Tank Gun in a clearing near the road block at Bakri on the Muar-Parit Sulong Road.īAKRI, MALAYA. THE FORWARD TANK HAS BEEN SET ON FIRE WHILST OTHER TANKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROAD BLOCK, WHICH IS A FELLED RUBBER TREE, HAVE BEEN DISABLED. GUNNERS OF 13TH AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TANK BATTERY USING A 2 PDR ANTI-TANK GUN ACTION AGAINST JAPANESE TYPE 94 LIGHT TANKS AT A ROAD BLOCK.