Buy DE L'IS-1 AU T-10 LA FAMILLE DES CHARS STALINE 1943-1997

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In 1942, the German introduction of the Panzer VI Ausf. E Tiger by the Germans made the heavy KV tanks brutally obsolete, totally outdated in terms of firepower. The Soviets then began an arms race that gave birth to the famous IS-2 equipped with a 122 mm gun and a range of powerful self-propelled guns. But if this machine is the most famous representative of the family of "Stalin", it is far from being the last, since at the very end of the conflict will be launched the IS-3 and IS-4. And heavy tanks held an important place in the Soviet arsenal, because during the Cold War many new models were studied.

If only one will be produced in series, the IS-8 renamed T-10 because of de-Stalinization, the multiple concepts imagined will sometimes lead to prototypes on wheels, some of which are out of the ordinary, like the Objekt 279 and its undercarriage composed of 4 tracks! Find all these heavy armoured vehicles and their self-propelled versions in this book richly illustrated with photos, plans, profiles and 3D views.