Tanks of the IS series (Joseph Stalin)

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[Joker]

However, when a projectile fired from this gun hit the target, German tanks were often flashed through or led to the collapse of the turret.

- it was closer to the end of the war, when the German tanks began to have "fragile" armor, if I am not mistaken due to the deficiency of manganese (used in the production of armor to increase viscosity).


Instead of a streamlined stepped tip of complex geometric shape, the IS-2 forehead began to be equipped with flat armored plates, the upper of which looked like a trapezoid tapering to the turret, was located at an angle of 60 °, and its thickness reached 120 mm.

- clarification: the IS-2 "straightened noses" were both cast and of armor plates.

[ss20]

I liked the phrase about the T-10: "A total of 2500 to 8000 of these tanks were produced." - not a fig for myself an approximate breaker))))

[dbnfkbq]

2500 - this is the number of tanks released, and 8000 - this is Western wanderings migrated to our books.

[mishan]

A good article, I learned a lot of details, for the first time I hear about 2 loaders in a tank. Yes, tanks were riveted before, in thousands! The real golden tank age. Thanks to the authors for the work.

[Enemigo]

Quote: Joker

- it was closer to the end of the war, when the German tanks began to have "fragile" armor, if I am not mistaken due to the deficiency of manganese (used in the production of armor to increase viscosity).

the "kenigtigers" had fragile armor, and the IS-2 gun was tested in field conditions on the armor of full-fledged "panthers" and the first "tigers" captured in the summer of 1943. then they still doubted whether to put a sea "hundred" on the tank for a greater armor-piercing effect, or to insert a 122 mm cannon, so that the Germans became completely sick. As a result of the tests, it turned out that the 122 mm shell of the gun does not penetrate the mask of the "Panther" cannon, but demolishes it cleanly, sometimes breaking the stern of the tank. the crew of the "panther" in any case came a wonderful fur animal. interesting things also happened to the "tiger" from being hit by a 122 mm projectile, which put the tank out of action. coupled with the good high-explosive action of the 122 mm projectile, it was decided to install a more powerful gun on the IS-2.

[Joker]

fragile armor was in the "kenigtigers",

- not only for them, by the end of the war all German tank tanks had fragile armor, as a result, after 2-3 hits even without frontal penetration, the frontal armor cracked, and since there the transmission most often had the tank out of order.

that the 122 mm shell of the gun does not penetrate the mask of the "panther" cannon, but blows it away cleanly, sometimes breaking the stern of the tank as well.

- take a closer look, the first tests were carried out on the already-seen panther case, and they decided to put the 122-mm cannon in that chile because of the greater high-explosive action in the fight against fortifications (as an option, a 100-millimeter gun was considered at that time).

interesting things also happened to the "tiger" from being hit by a 122 mm projectile, which put the tank out of action.

- I completely agree, breaking through does not always require through penetration.

[web]

Their fragile armor went to the end of the 44th.
The IS-2 was tested on the Panther in 1943. And I think after the Battle of Kursk, our Panthers and Tigers accumulated enough to study.

"During tests when firing at a captured German tank T-V" Panther "from a distance of 1500 meters, a shell of a tank gun pierced the frontal armor and, without losing its energy, pierced all the insides of the" Panther ", knocked out the armor plate at the stern at the weld seams and threw her away from the car. "

So the IS-2 during the Second World War was the killer of almost all German tanks.
PS Even the 85th T-34 cannon was created to fight the Tigers and Panthers, which it successfully coped with.

[Alex]

Enemigo, can you somehow treat people who brought Victory with respect? Words like "vyaschaya", "together" and "vtulit" are good among pseudo-clever people.

[zharkoy50]

On the combat use of IS-2 in a book
Zharkoy F. M. "Tank March". 2nd ed.; MVAA. - St. Petersburg, 2010. [http://otvaga2004.narod.ru/otvaga2004/0library.htm]

[Petergut]

The IP series is the pride of Soviet tank building. Without any stretch.
Thank you for the article.

[kov]

about is-2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfaFhiPOutI