Soviet Heavy Tanks IS “Joseph Stalin” Series : Weapons and combat vehicles of the world by Dick W. Kerry

Author:Dick W. Kerry [Kerry, Dick W.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

Vyacheslav Malyshev in his letter to Beria October 18, 1944 about the reasons for rejection of mass production IC tanks with 100-mm gun, wrote that in the now 100-mm gun did not give the heavy tanks are no major advantages, as the 122-mm guns "... are now able to fight all enemy tanks at a distance of 1700 m and more ...", and their high explosive action is not more than 100 mm. This was due to the fact that since August 1944 the quality of armor of German tanks has sharply worsened.

In the experimental procedure at the end of 1944, in the tower experienced EC-5 of the tank (Object № 248) installed also experienced a long barreled 85mm high power cannon (VMS 1RM-34-1 and P-V) with the initial velocity of the projectile 1000 and 1040 m / s (created in OKB No. 92 and TsAKB under the influence of 88-mm German gun KwK 43), but their tests were unsuccessful.

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