An IS-3 on the move.

From the Inside the Chieftain's Hatch video on the IS-3M.

[atfyoutubedivision]

"The enemy has been reinforced with a behemoth"

[ChrisZukowski]

everything about it screams "breakthrough tank" indeed.

[Soham-]

'Shell shattered'
'Ricochet'
'Non-penetration'
'Hit'

[Token_Civilian]

"This thing is crude, mean, and unrefined....I kind of like it". Classic. I might have to save that.

[fien]

"....Heinrich, can you hear that?"
"I can TASTE that Jans"

[NessNik]

I just love the pike nose, looks so mean!

[overforker]

War Thunder has given me a phobia of the IS series of tanks

[jonny-b]

Always loved its front hull and its turret shape

[ElliotCoulling]

Got a big sense of nostalgia looking back at how the three top gear presenters would talk about flawed cars that they loved. Great content

[jonathanzobel]

Having seen the one currently in Kansas I can concur. It's up for sale currently if anyone has the scratch to buy it.

[InquisitorTyrus]

This tank look absolutely amazing and so modern the way it was drawn for 1945, I mean the design itself was so futuristic.

[quesokid]

Now show us an IS-7 lmao. The IS line of takes are just brutal bro. Straight up bullies in tank form.

[Theinurwalls]

and my friend says the is-3 isnt scare "he's on crack"

[claing]

That thing has the right lines. Not really sure why but its very pleasing to look at.

[LoneWolf-kwol]

idk if it was mentioned in the video but one of the initial reasons the IS-3 in particular was chosen for production despite its flaws and competitors was because it was so imposing. Stalin knew exactly how this machine would look in a victory parade, and in 1945 it was said the mere sight of the IS-3 parading down the streets spurred the cold war into overdrive, beginning a global arms race to outmatch the machine.

Whats even scarier is Stalin's defense doctrines mean that so many of these 80 year old machines will still run to this day after a few hours of tinkering.

[gervinschwarz]

Thats definitely a worthy "badass" antagonist to the King Tiger.

[Swagmaster]

My uncle was a Soviet tank instructor in the 60s for the Red Army in Georgia, he said he remembers seeing an IS-3 up close maybe as some monument, he said "it was a large monster" and that It's turret was simillar to a T-62. He also remarked that his base did have a few T-72s that were still secret and hidden away under blankets after I asked him about more newer tanks, he also saw one driving on the polygon without a turret.
My real grandpa (not uncle) was a Soviet Air force pilot but he passed away, I don't know much about him but my uncle told me that the Airfield he was at in Novgorod used Gaz trucks with jet engines to presumably clear the runway.
Atleast with forced conscription I got something cool to brag about, neither my uncle or dad complained about serving in the Army.

[rainbowpilled]

My grandmother watched these things crush the streets of Budapest in 1956. Its amazing that some are still in working order

[AKlover]

Kind of just happy to see A piece of history that is still running and operable.

[johngaither]

The replacement for the IS-3 was the T-54/55 tank. A tank that looks as mean and ferocious as the Weinermobile when compared to the IS-3.