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Soviet JS-2 Stalin Heavy Tank - 88th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, Eastern Front, 1945 (1:72 Scale)
Soviet JS-2 Stalin Heavy Tank - 88th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, Eastern Front, 1945

Hobby Master Soviet JS-2 Stalin Heavy Tank - 88th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, Eastern Front, 1945




 
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Hobby Master HG7008 Soviet JS-2 Stalin Heavy Tank - 88th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, Eastern Front, 1945 (1:72 Scale) "By powerful artillery fire, air strikes, and a wave of attacking tanks, we're supposed to swiftly crush the enemy."
- Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov

The Iosif Vissarionovich tank (or IS tank, also known as the Joseph Stalin tank), was a heavy tank developed by the Soviet Union during World War II and first used in the Kursk area in September 1943. The tanks in the series are also sometimes called JS tanks.

The heavy tank was designed with thick armour to counter the German 88 mm guns, and carried a main gun that was capable of defeating the German 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 was put into service in April 1944, and was used as a spearhead in the Battle of Berlin by the Red Army in the final stage of the war.

Two candidate weapons were the A-19 122 mm gun and the BS-3 100 mm gun. The BS-3 had superior armour penetration (185 mm compared to 160 mm), but a less useful high explosive round. Also, the BS-3 was a relatively new weapon in short supply, while there was excess production capacity for the A-19 and its ammunition. Compared to the older 76.2 mm tank gun, the A-19 had very good armour penetration, similar to that of the effective 75 mm high velocity gun mounted on the German Panther, and delivered 3.5 times the kinetic energy of the older F-34.

The separate shells and charges of the two-piece ammunition of the A-19/D-25T 122mm gun. Left to right: the cartridge, high-explosive/fragmentation shell PF-471, armor-piercing tracer shell BR-471, armor-piercing capped shell BR-471B. All shells are shown from two sides.

After testing with both BS-3 and A-19 guns, the latter was selected as the main armament of the new tank, primarily because of its ready availability and the effect of its large high-explosive shell when attacking German fortifications. The A-19 used a separate shell and powder charge, resulting in a lower rate of fire and reduced ammunition capacity, both serious disadvantages in tank-to-tank engagements. However, the gun was very powerful, and while its 122 mm armour-piercing shell had a lower muzzle velocity than similar late-issue German 75 mm and 88 mm guns, Soviet proving-ground tests established that the A-19 could penetrate the front armour of the German Panther tank, and it was therefore considered adequate in the anti-tank role.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a Soviet JS-2 heavy tank that saw action with the 88th Independent Guards Heavy Tank Brigade, then serving on the Eastern Front during 1945. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 5-1/4-inches
Width: 1-3/4-inches

Release Date: February 2017

Historical Account: "Red Guards" - Not all Guards Heavy Tank Regiments were equipped with the IS-2 heavy tank during 1944. Many regiments were still armed with KV-1e, KV-1s, KV-85 and Churchill heavy tanks.

These older equipped units were still engaged in action and fought well, their thick armour still giving them ample protection from most German guns. However, as the year went on more and more Guards Heavy Tank Regiments were re-equipped with the IS-2 heavy tank, with only a few regiments left with older equipment by the end of 1944.

Features
  • Plastic construction
  • Static tracks
  • Rotating turret
  • Elevating gun
  • Accurate markings and insignia
  • Comes with acrylic display case

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