The idea behind this heavy self-propelled gun was to create a self-propelled and armored version of the B-4 203-mm artillery pieces. Not only would this monstrosity have a larger caliber than any mass-produced artillery of the time, but also be self-propelled and have decent armor planting. In 1937 its development was reaching the final stages before entering mass production when the Chief Designer P. N. Siachyntov was arrested. He was soon sentenced to death and executed. The project was halted seemingly forever.
Yet, the project was restarted after the outbreak of the Winter War.
The idea was to put the armor planting on the existing prototypes and use them in battles against Finland. However, by the time they were combat-ready, the war was over, and the SU-14 forgotten again.
It was brought up again in 1941 after the German invasion of the USSR and the 2 existing prototypes participated in the Battle of Moscow. They were not used afterward.
In the Strategic Mind: Spectre of Communism the player will be able to obtain 1 core unit of SU-14 if he completes one of the secondary objectives, during the Battle of Moscow. It is a really powerful and mobile unit. The Red Army is renowned for its large-caliber artillery pieces, but having one of these as an armored vehicle is even more imposing.
We will keep posting new units that will appear for the first time in the Strategic Mind series, so stay tuned!
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Starni Games team