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The IS tanks were a series of heavy tanks developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II. The IS acronym is the anglicized initialism of Joseph Stalin. The heavy tan
IS-2 model 1943 (more modern fenders added) (foreground) and IS-3 (background) at the Great Patriotic War Museum, Minsk, Belarus
IS-3
IS-4
An IS-7 tank during trials (1948)
IS-2
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The IS-2 is a Soviet heavy tank, the second of the IS tank series named after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied co
IS tank family
…I in 1943. They were mainly designed as breakthrough tanks, firing a heavy high-explosive shell that was useful against entrenchments and bunkers. The IS-2 went into service in April 1944 and was used as a spearhead by the Red Army in the final stage of the Battle of Berlin. The IS-3 served on the…
IS-2 Model 1943, in Sevastopol
The KV-85 was a stop-gap solution until the introduction of the IS series. Note the modified KV chassis with the removal of the hull machine-gunner/ radio operator's station with one operated by the driver, and the driver's station slightly centered at the front; a staple design of all IS-series tanks.
IS-85 (IS-1) Prototype equipped with D-5T gun. Later IS-2 converted models were replaced with the 122mm D-25T gun whilst retaining the same hull.
Line drawing of IS-2