![]() ![]() Two versions of a prototype WWII Russian tank destroyerīased on the ISU-152 assault gun. Series would develop through the IS-4 and end with the T-10, or IS-8. The superbly angledĪrmour and 122mm (4.8in) gun made it a formidable vehicle. In the Allied victory parade British and American officers saw for theįirst time the awesome Iosef Stalin IS-3 Shchuka or ‘Pike’. ![]() ![]() The size of the rounds meant that theĬrew could only achieve a rate of fire of two to three rounds a minute. The big rifled D-49T gun had 30 rounds, of which 20 were HE and the remainder Had a crew of four and the gun mantlet an armour thickness of 250mm (9.8in). A T-10M showing its losef Stalin parentage.
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