The war on the Eastern Front was dominated by armour. With the German development of the Panther and Tiger tanks, it looked as though Axis forces had tanks capable of destroying anything that the Red Army possessed. In order to counter this threat the Soviets produced the IS series, of which some 2,000 IS-1 and IS-2 models were constructed before the end of the war. The radically different IS-3, with its inverted saucer turret, was also developed but was only introduced in time to be used as a propaganda piece at the Berlin Victory Parade in September 1945. The IS-3 was, however, to form the basis of Soviet heavy armour for the next decade and saw active service in Hungary during the 1956 uprising and, on the Arab side, during the Six Day War of 1967.

 

ISBN13 / EAN: 9780711031623
ISBN10: 0711031622
Author(s): Mikhail Baryatinskiy
Product Type: Book 
Weight: 297g