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Unique ID: 345 Added to Database: July 2008 Last Edited: July 2008 Type (ID): IS-3 (2840) Model (ID): IS-3M (2842) Location Category (ID): Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles (2100) Location (ID): External Display Area (2105) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Collection Number 101. Collection Reference: Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Chelyabinskiy Traktornyy Zavod (ChTZ), Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ekaterinburg and Surrounding Regions, Russia (IS-3 manufacturer) 2: Factory 185 Kirov, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg and Novgorod Region, Russia (IS-3M upgrade) 3: Kubinka NIIBT Research Collection - Soviet Vehicles, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia (Current location) Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication: [PTIR: #4] Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Russia publication: In November 1944 the IS design team, led by N. L. Dukhov, was ordered to work on a more effective armour layout for the IS-2. The resulting design was developed concurrently with the IS-2M. It had a hull with a sharply sloped nose - earning it the nickname of “Schuka” (‘Pike’) and a very distinctive ‘frying pan’ turret. It entered production as the IS-3 and its clean shape was the forerunner of most post-war Soviet designs.

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Date Unknown 1: Front right view Taken: Date Unknown Contributor: T. Larkum Photo ID: 396 Added: 22 July 2008 Filename: Scan_IS3... Views: 344 Select/Has Priority: 4/0

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