IS-Type Tank

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An overview of all the WWII Russian IS-Type tanks and related objects in our Armor collection. IS is short for Joseph Stalin, these were heavy tanks during WW2.

Joseph Stalin IS-3 – Russian Heavy Tank

The IS-3 was a heavy Russian Tank developed in late 1944 as response to the German heavy Tiger …

Posted March 6, 2023 (updated May 19, 2023) by Patrick

Joseph Stalin IS-2 Tank – Russian Heavy Tank

This Joseph Stalin IS-2 tank was on display at War Museum grounds of Liberty Park in Overloon, the …

Posted November 21, 2015 (updated November 12, 2023) by Pascal

Tankograd, the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in Oblast Chelyabinsk, Russia

Челябинский тракторный завод (ЧТЗ) or phonetic "Chelyabinskiy traktornyy zavod" (ChTZ), is the full name of the tractor plant …

Posted July 10, 2014 (updated April 26, 2024) by Patrick