The IS-3 is powerful on its own but nearly unstoppable in a large group of weaker tanks such as T-34s. The gun is accurate and can thus be used as an anti-infantry weapon because the blast radius is 2 meters.

The 122 mm gun of the IS-3 fires a shell every 8 seconds, draining 150 points of damage on impact. The IS line continued to develop into such vehicles as the IS-7 prototype (which had the size and mass of a King Tiger, but armament and armour comparable to the 188 ton Maus combined with moving 50% faster than a King Tiger) and the T-10 (Also sometimes known as IS-8), the last Soviet heavy tank to reach mass-production.Ī very rare and powerful Soviet tank that can only be called to the battlefield once. In real life the IS-3 was built so late it never saw any actual combat in WW2 proper, unless impressing the Western Allies during the Allied Victory Parade in Berlin counts. The tank is also smaller which aids mobility in urban areas. It is however lighter, faster and more maneuverable, making fast movement around the battlefield possible. This tank is somewhat of a Soviet counterpart of the King Tiger. Despite having thicker armor, it was lighter and stood 30 cm less. This tank had an improved armor layout and a hemispherical cast turret which would become the hallmark of post-war Soviet tanks. In late 1944, the IS-2 was upgraded to the IS-3.

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