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{{Cold War tanks}}
The '''Iosif Stalin tank''' ('''IS''', in Cyrillic "'''ИС'''" tanks, meaning the '''[[Joseph Stalin]] tank''') was a [[heavy tank]] developed by the [[Soviet Union]] during [[World War II]]
The heavy tank was designed with thick armour to counter the [[Nazi Germany|German]] [[88 mm gun]]s, and carried a main gun that was capable of defeating the German [[Tiger I|Tiger]] and [[Panther tank]]s. It was mainly a breakthrough tank, firing a heavy [[High explosive|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.
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=== KV and IS-1 ===
The [[KV series]] of Soviet heavy tanks was criticized by its crews for its poor mobility and lack of any heavier armament than the [[T-34]] medium tank. In 1942 this problem was partially addressed by the lighter, faster KV-1S tank. The KV series were much more expensive than the T-34, without having greater combat performance; the heavy tank program was nearly cancelled by Stalin in 1943. However, the German employment of substantial numbers of [[Panther Tank|Panther]] and [[Tiger I|Tiger]] tanks at the [[Battle of Kursk]] in 1943 changed Soviet priorities. In response, the Soviet tank industry created the stopgap KV-85, and embarked on the [[KV-13]] design program to create a tank with more advanced armour layout and a more powerful main gun. The IS-85 (Object 237) prototype was initially accepted for production as the '''IS-1''' heavy tank.
=== IS-2 ===
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