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The IS-2 (Russian: ИС-2, sometimes romanized as JS-2 [note 1]) 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.
IS-2, czasami określany jako JS-2 (ros. ИС-2) – czołg ciężki konstrukcji radzieckiej z okresu II wojny światowej. Historia. Latem 1943 roku powstał w zakładach w Czelabińsku pierwszy model nowego czołgu ciężkiego. Początkowo nosił on oznaczenie „obiekt 237”. Jego głównym konstruktorem był N. F. Szaszmurin. 8 sierpnia ...
The IS tanks (Russian: ИС) 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 (Ио́сиф Ста́лин, Iosif Stalin). The heavy tanks were designed as a response to the capture of a German Tiger I in 1943. [7]
30 cze 2014 · The IS-2 was a new standard in hell, with a 122 mm gun and partly sloped frontal armor, introduced in 1943 to counter the German Panther and Tiger. Learn about its precursors, design, performance, and variants in this comprehensive article.
The IS-2 proved crucial to the Soviet Union's destruction of Berlin to end the war in Europe. If the IS-2 retains any downside, it is its oversized projectile ammunition. The 122-mm projectiles are individually charged, increasing the reloading time for even the most experienced tanker crew.
The predecessors of the JS-1 and JS-2 tanks were the KV-1 Heavy Tank and Heavily Armoured KV-13 Medium Tank (see photo to the left). The KV-13 (and its subsequent version - Object #233) became the first major independent project of the Experimental Tank Factory, created in March 1942 in Chelyabinsk from Design Bureau #2.
The most armored and deadliest Allied heavy tank of WWII, the IS-2 joined the ranks of the Red Army on Oct. 31, 1943. Its 122 mm gun could turn the enemy into a cinder at a distance of up to...
