IS tank family
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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 tanks were designed as a response to the capture of a German Tiger 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 Chinese-Soviet border, the Hungarian Revolution, the Prague Spring and on both sides of the Six-Day War. The series eventually culminated in the T-10 heavy tank.
1943 — 1990
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Kirov Plant, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, Soviet Union, 
44M Tas heavy tank, A7V-U, Durchbruchswagen 2, IS-1, KV-1, KV-2, KV-85, M103, Object 0-50, Object 266, Object 278, Sirken Heavy Tank, SMK tank, T-100 tank, T-30, T14 Heavy Tank,
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IS 1 prototyp
US War Dep Pamphlet -21-20 OUR RED ARMY ALLY April 1945 - TANKS GUNS p38 T-34 Joseph Stalin, p43 122mm Howitzer 152mm , p40 SU122 SU152, p41 SU76 SU85 - April 1945 WW2 USSR Soviet Russian PAM21-30 Public domain oGg0HSH1BMw| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| commons | image | US War Dep Pamphlet -21-20 OUR RED ARMY ALLY April 1945 - TANKS GUNS p38 T-34 Joseph Stalin, p43 122mm Howitzer 152mm , p40 SU122 SU152, p41 SU76 SU85 - April 1945 WW2 USSR Soviet Russian PAM21-30 Public domain oGg0HSH1BMw | Commons | ||
