IS-2 Soviet heavy tank, model 1944, Poland скачать в хорошем качестве

IS-2 Soviet heavy tank, model 1944, Poland

The IS Tank (IS in Cyrillic "ИС", meaning the Joseph Stalin or Iosif Stalin in Cyrillic "Ио́сиф Ста́лин") was a series of heavy tanks developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II and was named after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The heavy tank was designed with thick armour to counter German 88 mm guns and carried a main gun capable of defeating Tiger and Panther tanks. It was mainly a breakthrough tank, 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. This vehicle here is the second production model with the revised drivers position. It served in the Polish People's Army which received 71 IS-2 tanks. They were used to form two heavy tank regiments, the 4th and 5th Heavy Tank Regiments. Both regiments saw extensive fighting from the winter 1944-45 offensive through to the final assaults on Berlin. The 4th Heavy Tank Regiment was committed to action in Pomerania during the January 1945 offensive, and by the end of the war was credited with 31 German armoured vehicles and 76 artillery pieces destroyed in combat, for a loss of 14 IS-2 heavy tanks. The 5th Heavy Tank Regiment went into action in the final month of the war, seeing action in the Berlin and Prague campaigns. Two other regiments, the 6th and the 7th, were not completely organized by the time the fighting ceased. At the end of the war the Polish People's Army had 26 IS-2 tanks still in service, having returned 21 to the Red Army and having lost 24 in combat or to mechanical problems. These remaining tanks formed the post-war 7th Heavy Tank Regiment. Apart from Soviet Union and Poland IS-2 heavy tanks were also used by China, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Cuba, North Korea. Specifications: Weight 46 tonnes (51 short tons; 45 long tons) Length 9.90 m (32 ft 6 in) Width: 3.09 m (10 ft 2 in) Height: 2.73 m (8 ft 11 in) Crew: 4 Armor: 60–110 mm (2.4–4.3 in) Main armament: D25-T 122 mm gun (28 rounds) Secondary armament: 3 × DT (2,079 rounds) Engine: 12-cyl. diesel model V-2 600 hp (450 kW) Power/weight: 13 hp/tonne Suspension: torsion bar Fuel capacity: 820 l (180 imp gal; 220 US gal) Operational range: 240 km (150 mi) Speed: 37 km/h (23 mph)