IS tank family
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is-tank-family-171-13542085
title:
IS tank family
text:
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 t
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description:
Series of Soviet WWII heavy tanks
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IS_tank_family
date created:
2003-02-25T12:57:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T12:24:56Z
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