Historically Accurate Panzer '46: IS-7 in 1946

The IS-7 tank was the heaviest tank the USSR ever built, weighing almost 70 tons but able to go toe-to-toe with the Maus tank at 2.5 times the weight. If the war had continued for another year, what were the odds that this tank would have reached the battlefield?

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** SECTIONS GO HERE **
00:00 Intro
00:49 Development of the Object 257
03:30 Development of the Object 260
06:10 The first IS-7 prototypes
07:42 A second generation of prototypes
08:34 Issues with the design
09:11 Conclusions


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