"Birth of the IS Tanks Part 1: IS-85 " Topic

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Tango01

02 May 2015 10:49 a.m. PST

"Stalin's name started appearing on tanks long before the start of the war. In 1935, the first modernized T-28A tank was named "Stalin", but it was just the one tank. The BT-IS (Iosif Stalin) in 1936 and BT-SV (Stalin-Voroshilov) in 1937 were projects to increase the mobility and armour of the BT tank series, respectively. Neither project was accepted by the army.

Another project is seen in 1942, and it's certainly optimistic. It's definitely more like a KV-4 or KV-5 than anything associated with a production IS.

This tank has a mass of 100 tons, armour 120-150 mm thick, was armed with 3 machine guns (one was AA) and a 152 mm ML-20 gun-howitzer. A small secondary turret contained a 20 mm autocannon. The hull would hold two flamethrowers. The tank would be powered by two diesel motors, with a combined 1200-1500 hp, accelerating the tank to 24 kph, both forward and backward. The tank was crewed by 7-8 crewmen. This project was very much ridiculous, and was declined…"
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