 IS-2, with the powerful A-19. It was slightly lighter and faster than the heaviest KV model 1942 tank, 
with thicker front armour and a much-improved turret design. The tank could carry thicker armour than 
the KV series, while remaining lighter, due to the better layout of the armour envelope. The KV's armour
 was less well-shaped and featured heavy armour even on the rear, while the IS series concentrated the 
heaviest armour up front. The A-19 122mm gun had very good armour penetration, delivering 3.5 times the 
kinetic energy of the older 76.2mm gun, and when it didn't penetrate, could often knock a turret right 
off a tank with the combination of the impact and explosive filler. Its very large high explosive shells 
were very effective against bunkers, infantry and antitank guns. The main disadvantage of the gun was its 
huge, two-part ammunition, which were difficult to manhandle, slow to reload (the rate of fire was only 
about two rounds per minute), and only allowed 28 rounds to be carried. (Zaloga 1984:175)

Early IS-2s can be recognized by the 'stepped' front hull casting with its small, opening driver's visor. 
The early tanks lacked gun tube travel locks or antiaircraft machine guns, and had narrow mantlets.

Notes taken from Wikipedia free Encyclopdia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Stalin_tank

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INSTALLATION

Unzip files into a temp folder then move the folder to the main CFS3 Vehicle folder.


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CREDITS


Model by Greg Law   

Textures by John Whelam



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