Surviving SU-76 Self-Propelled Guns Last update : 13 August 2016

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1 Surviving SU-76 Self-Propelled Guns Last update : 13 August 2016 Listed here are the SU-76 SPGs and ZSU-37 SP AA gun that still exist today. Massimo Foti, March SU-76M Bovington Tank Museum (UK) This tank was captured by the Allies during the Korean War (info from the Museum) Jan Rehschuh, July SU-76M Militärhistorischen Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden (Germany)

2 "Роман Алымов", June SU-76 Heeresgeschichtliche Museum, Vienna (Austria) The tank was recovered from the Danube river in June 2009, it was discovered thanks to heavy rain that washed it away : SU-76M Polish Army Museum, Warsaw (Poland) Rafał Białęcki, September 2008

3 Doug Kibbey, April SU-76M Polish Army Museum, Fort IX Czerniakowski, Warsaw (Poland) SU-76M Armoured Weapons Museum, Land Forces Training Centre, Poznań (Poland) running condition A marking on the gun breech has been identified. The insignia is related to the Polish 27 th Sudecki Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment, also known as the Katyn Avenger (info. from the museum)

4 Photos copyrighted by "Muzeum Oreza Polskiego" in Kolobrzeg, December SU-76M Muzeum Oręża Polskiego w Kołobrzegu, Kołobrzeg (Poland) SU-76M Jacek Kopczyński Collection, Łódz (Poland) running condition The tank was recently restored to running condition, the main gun mantlet was also replaced with a more accurate one (Rafał Białęcki)

5 Another SU-76M Jacek Kopczyński Collection, Łódz (Poland) Massimo Foti, August SU-76M Army Technical Museum, Lesany (Czech Republic)

6 nammeci - SU-76M Military Barracks, Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina) SU-76M Eesti Vabadusvõitluse Muuseumi, Lagedil (Estonia)

7 "Vit" - SU-76M Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Cherkasy Oblast (Ukraine) Doug Kibbey, October SU-76M Muzeul Militar National, Bucharest (Romania)

8 Ivan S. Abrams, April SU-76M National Museum of Military History, Sofia (Bulgaria) Dobromir Dimitrov - SU-76 Military area near Sliven (Bulgaria) The machine is well preserved on the ouside but has no interior inside (Dobromir Dimitrov)

9 Picture provided by Dobromir Dimitrov, unknown source SU-76M Stored in a barrack, near Vratsa (North Bulgaria) SU-76M Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow (Russia) Jim Goetz, August 2015

10 SU-76M Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) Dimitri K., Oleg Bebnev - SU-76M Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps St.-Petersburg (Russia)

11 SU-76 partial reproduction Pskov, Pskov Oblast (Russia)

12 Two SU-76M Vadim Zadorozhny Museum, Arhangelskoe, Moscow Oblast (Russia) Vitalliu Krupoderov, September SU-76M Mytishchi, Moscow Oblast (Russia)

13 Cmapm, August SU-76M Sapun Gora, Sevastopol, Crimean Peninsula (Russia) LostArtilleryMan, SU-76M Kremlin of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (Russia)

14 SU-76 Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals" Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) B. Clausen, SU-76M Kabul (Afghanistan) This tank could be the one that was once on display in an Afghan armour museum

15 Asma Nemati, June SU-76M Herat (Afghanistan) This tank could be the one that was once on display in an Afghan armour museum TMA_0, October SU-76M The Tank Museum, Beijing (China)

16 SU-76M Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang (North Korea) Rob Lowden, August SU-76 restoration project Australian Armor and Artillery Museum, Cairns (Australia) This tank should be completed and shipped to Australia by the end of the year

17 Charlie Webb, June SU-76M U.S. Army Center for Military History Storage Facility, Anniston, AL (USA) This vehicle was captured in Korea (USA AFVs register) Rob Cottrell, May 2001 SU-76M National Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps storage lots, Quantico, VA (USA) This vehicle was formerly part of the Marine Air-Ground Museum, which closed in It is currently being stored and may be used in future exhibits at the new National Museum of the U.S. Marine Corps (USA AFVs register)

18 Dimitri K., SU-11 self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (prototype) Kubinka Tank Museum (Russia) TMA_0, October SU-76M hull The Tank Museum, Beijing (China) This M3A3 Propaganda Tank was developed based on the chassis of USSR SU-76 self-propelled gun and the turret of the US M3A3 Light Tank, mainly used for shooting of movies and TV plays. This tank ever took part in the shooting of more than 10 war movies such as Jinan Campaign and Crusading from South to North ( beijingman )

19 China Film Group Corporation, May 2009 Four SU-76M hulls August 1st Film Studio, near Beijing (China) They were built for Chinese movie trilogy Da Jue Zhan shot around They were supposed to be mock-ups of Japanese Type 97 Chi-Ha tanks. The fake turret looks like a hybrid of the original turret and the new turret (Shinhoto). These vehicles later appeared in more movies and TV series. In 2008, two of them were used in the shooting of John Rabe, a German-Chinese-French production. They are now inside a warehouse of August 1st Film Studio near Beijing City. I believe they are all in running condition (Ye Meng) SU-76M wreck Krusevak (Serbia) This vehicle is going to be partially restored, full restoration can't be done because it is in too badly damaged (Rafał Białęcki)

20 oseledes - SU-76M wreck Private collection (Poland) This vehicle is going to be partially restored, full restoration can't be done because it is in too badly damaged (Rafał Białęcki) Four SU-76M wrecks Handmet Military, Gostyñ (Poland) Handmet Military, September 2010

21 SU-76 Unknown location (Romania) SU-76M wreck Unknown location This wreck is believed to be in a scrapyard in Afghanistan

22 SU-76M wreck Unknown location (Afghanistan) Not included in this list, all these vehicles can be found there : PzKpfw. III, Flammpanzer III, Panzerbeobachtungswagen III tanks, SU-76i assault gun SU-76i (Russian Assault gun based on PzKpfw. III) Sarny, Rivne Oblast (Ukraine) SU-76i Assault gun Victory Park at Poklonnaya Gora, Moscow (Russia) SU-76i Assault gun reproduction Museum of military equipment "Battle Glory of the Urals" Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Oblast (Russia) I m looking for photos of those tanks : Another SU-76 Somewhere in Kabul (Afghanistan) Two SU-76s Somewhere in Kandahar (Afghanistan) any SU-76 SPG that I forgot. This document is a compilation of photos published on the web. I would like to thank especially Rafał Białęcki, who deserved a great part of the job on this document, and also the people who took these photos and put them on their websites, or sent them to me, and those who helped me doing these lists (particularly people of the AFV News Discussion Board). For any question, you can me at soldat_ryan@hotmail.com The surviving SU-76i (Russian Assault gun based on PzKpfw. III Ausf. H/J) are listed here Main page :