tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post8189644922276424499..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: German Tank Intel 1944Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-23832798940091608862022-10-14T10:11:28.218-04:002022-10-14T10:11:28.218-04:00The comment on the IS vs KV-1 width is interesting...The comment on the IS vs KV-1 width is interesting, as I have never come across any comments on this by designers. Alejandrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537203226584815118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-16381544739054255972022-10-07T19:24:55.168-04:002022-10-07T19:24:55.168-04:00The Iosif Stalin tank with a 122 mm L/45 tank gun ...<i> The Iosif Stalin tank with a 122 mm L/45 tank gun has just arrived. This is the first tank with a German style muzzle brake. Even though it has over 100 mm of armour, the armour is weakened due to widespread use of cast steel. </i><br /><br />Not true that this is vulnerable to the German 75/L48 at all effective tank ranges, unless you have a *very* expanded definition of 'vulnerable'. The IS armor was designed to be resistant to the Tiger I's Kwk36 gun, which it was. To a lesser extent, it was also resistant to the Panther's Kwk75 gun by Soviet combat experience. <br /><br />There was some early armor quality issues (over-hardened armor) which led to the armor in some IS tanks spalling and cracking on impact, but overall Soviet cast steel was high quality (you see this on how the IS tanks with cast steel withstood the Kwk43 better than those with rolled armor).Stewart Millenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01261690405884935161noreply@blogger.com