Zis-30 Tank Destroyer

As Nazi Germany advanced deep into Soviet territory in 1941, the Red Army was in urgent need of mobile anti-tank capabilities. The solution came in the form of the ZiS-30, a hybrid vehicle that combined the rugged Komsomolets artillery tractor with the powerful ZiS-2 divisional anti-tank gun. Just over 100 of these improvised tank destroyers were quickly converted to meet the immediate frontline need.