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Eastern Front / What is the code designation who got IS-3 first?
« on: August 24, 2011, 12:06:51 PM »
I think no doubt IS-3 didn't take part in eastern front, but on wiki and battlefield.ru I got this informations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Stalin_tank#IS-3
http://www.battlefield.ru/en/tank-development/28-heavy-tanks/38-js3.html
So it seems like this "IS-3 regiment" maybe doesn't exist. I'm wondering, which soviet troop equiped IS-3 first? And what is the code designation of the IS-3 troop in Berlin parade? Thanks!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Stalin_tank#IS-3
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The IS-3 came too late to see action in World War II. Though some older sources claim that the tank saw action at the end of the war in Europe, there are no official reports to confirm this. The tank saw no action against the Germans, although one regiment may have been deployed against the Japanese in Manchuria.
http://www.battlefield.ru/en/tank-development/28-heavy-tanks/38-js3.html
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The first test group of JS-3's left the factory gates in mid-May 1945. Despite western opinion (usually I hear about JS-3's seen on the streets of Vienna), JS-3 tanks weren't involved in battles on the Eastern Front. The participation of JS-3's in Far Eastern Front battles (in August 1945) is still unverified: at least one tank regiment of JS-3 tanks was sent, but Soviet combat records don't confirm any actual combat.
So it seems like this "IS-3 regiment" maybe doesn't exist. I'm wondering, which soviet troop equiped IS-3 first? And what is the code designation of the IS-3 troop in Berlin parade? Thanks!