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50 Roubles Self-Propelled Artillery ISU-152
| Issuer | Soviet Union (Russia) |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The ISU-152 earned the nickname "Zveroboy" — beast killer — after proving devastatingly effective against German Tiger and Panther tanks at Kursk in 1943. Chambered for a 152mm howitzer originally designed for towed artillery, the weapon was adapted to an armored chassis in under a month following the appearance of the Tiger on the Eastern Front. The Soviet government treated it as a direct solution to a specific tactical crisis, not a general-purpose vehicle.
This coin belongs to the "Weapons of the Great Victory" series issued in the early 1990s, one of the last commemorative programs authorized before the USSR's dissolution in December 1991.