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The use of German selfpropelled guns in Soviet army
captured Hummel SPGs, 1945
Also, in 1943 it was decided to use big storages of German tanks to convert
them to assault guns designated SU-76i ("inostrannij" = foreign).
 SU-76i the command SPG |  SU-76i self-propelled gun |
The modifications consisted of the removal of the turret and upper part of the hull in case of PzKpfwIII / PzKpfwIV and the superstructure in case of StugIII, while all other components remain unchanged. Modified vehicles were mounted with welded boxy superstructures (forward armor 35mm, side and rear armor 15-25mm) which housed 76.2mm F-34 or 76.2mm ZIS-5 tank gun and storage space for 98 rounds. SU-76i was operated by the crew of four, who had submachineguns and hand grenades for local defense. A driver used the unchanged German equipment, while other equipment was of Soviet origin. SU-76i weighted about 22t; it could travel at the maximum speed of 40km/h as the base tanks. 201 of SU-76i were built, including 20 command SU-76i.
In Augst 1943, 1902th SAP had 15 SU-76i and five SU-76. Also, 1901st SAP and 1903rd SAP were equipped by SU-76i.
 captured Marder III SPG captured Sdkfz.251/17 |  captured StuG.40 SPG |
the German captives ride on the trophy vehicles |
Captured German Panzers , SPGs , APCs in Red Army
Captured armor in German army ||| Captured armor in Finnish army
Captured airplanes in RKKA ||| Captured artillery in RKKA
Captured panzers in Yugoslavian armies ||| Captured panzers in other slavic armies
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