The Monument to Soviet Tank Crews was a World War II memorial located in Prague. It is also known as the Pink Tank because it was controversially painted pink in 1991, first by installation artist David Černý and a second time by members of parliament in protest at his arrest.
The monument in 1961
The monument, depicted on a 1951 USSR stamp
"Pink" Soviet tank "Joseph Stalin" formerly as No. 23 now in Lešany military museum
The Pink Tank by Černý on the Vltava river, 24 June 2011
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The IS-2 is a Soviet heavy tank, the second of the IS tank series named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied countries after the war.
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
Armor plan of IS-2, models 1943 (top) and 1944 (bottom).