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1:72 JS-2 Stalin
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The appearance
of new German heavy tanks on the Asian front - the Tiger in particular
-, stimulated Soviet engineers to develop a new generation of armoured
vehicles, based on the T-100 prototype. The torsion bar suspension was
mounted higher in the hull, lowering the tank’s height from the ground
and allowing the installation of a larger turret able to hold a 100mm
cannon (in the JS-1) or a 122mm cannon (in the JS-2, which appeared at
the end of 1943).
Production proceeded at a steady pace, and by February 1944 all the Red
Army’s breakthrough tank regiments were equipped with JS-2s. On the
battlefield, the JS-2 showed itself to be one of the best tanks in the
world, a worthy opponent of the Panther and the Tiger, but also of the
much heavier Koenig Tiger. |
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