This video traces the incredible story of the IS heavy tanks, from their rocky beginnings as modified KV prototypes to the fearsome IS-2 that dominated the battlefields of World War II. Covering ...

In the spring of 1944, the Soviet Union’s new IS-2 heavy tanks met their match when they clashed with Germany’s elite Tiger I ...

During the nearly forty-eight-hour standoff, the KV-2 had survived eight 50mm direct hits. When most military history buffs think of Soviet tanks during World War II, chances are they think of the ...

What You Need to Know: The M103 was a heavy tank developed by the United States in the 1950s to counter Soviet heavy tanks like the IS-3 and IS-4. Weighing 62 tons and equipped with a powerful 120mm ...