The IS-2 heavy tank, as a relatively mature heavy tank in the middle and early stages of the new IS series, was designed and produced by the Soviet Army to deal with the German army of Tiger tanks. Although the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info because it has just entered the army, the number of equipment is still very small, and there is no record of fighting with the tiger style to refer to. However, judging from the ideal environment on the range, the 122mm D-25T M1943L/43 tank gun equipped with the IS-2 outweighed the 88mm KWK36L/56 tank gun equipped with the heavier Tiger in terms of firepower. Although the former is inferior to the latter in terms of reload time and number of ammos, this still cannot hide the former's immense lethality.

In addition to the lethal ability, if compared to the armor-piercing ability of the two, the Tiger is actually not inferior to the IS-2 in many cases. Although the Tiger can fire PGZ40 tungsten core shells with good armor-piercing ability, in fact, the proportion of this kind of shells is not too much, and in many units is extremely limited, in most cases, Tiger gunners will still play cheaper PGZ39 steel core bullets. And this kind of steel core bullet will have a great disadvantage when compared with the ordinary armor-piercing bullet fired by the D25T.

Another point worth mentioning is the shooting accuracy of both. Although at first glance, the range data of the two does not seem to be too different, but in fact, the Tiger does have some advantages in this regard. This is mainly due to the difference in firing speed between the two, which is enough for the Tiger to complete the calibration, which the IS-2 cannot do.

However, on the other hand, on the Tiger tank, the gunner is equipped with a sight that can only be magnified by 2.5 times, but the sight of the IS-2 can be magnified by 4 times, and there is no such thing as a calibration of the first shell. In addition, the IS-2's hull is much smaller than the Tiger's, and if the twin engines are simply engaged and only fire a single shell at each other, the IS-2 will have more advantages to a certain extent, but if it is a continuous engagement, the Tiger will use the speed of fire advantage to equalize this disadvantage.

Compared with the Tiger, the IS-2 obviously has better maneuverability, although the oversized main gun and the front-mounted turret limit its ability to play on certain terrain, but compared with the wider hull of the Tiger, the IS-2 obviously has better passing performance.

As for the performance of armored defense, the capabilities of the IS-2 are not very easy to say, after all, unlike the Tiger, it has not experienced too many baptisms of war and has not suffered severe tests. However, it is certain that the Tiger has an absolute lead in terms of paper armor data, but the IS-2 adopts the usual inclined armor design of the Soviet army, which can greatly strengthen its defensive performance while the armor thickness remains the same. However, the disadvantage is still that - it occupies internal space, which will have a lot of impact on the operation of the members, and will also affect factors such as the number of bombs.

However, when Anton got this IS-2 for Andrei from above, Andrei was still happy. You know, Andrei actually wanted a heavy tank for a long time, after all, the squad with medium tanks as the main and anti-tank destroyers as the auxiliary, is indeed a bit difficult to deal with when encountering hard stubble. The KV series tanks that I experienced before, although Andrei was more satisfied with the defensive performance, but neither in terms of firepower nor maneuverability, could not make Andrey truly satisfied.

(PS: In fact, even for the KV-2's firepower, Andrei was not very satisfied later, which was due to the long reload time and low shooting accuracy of the word, which made it difficult to play a very good role in the face of tank troops.) And in offensive battles, the KV-2's performance is definitely not too good. ）

However, the new design concept of the IS-2 suddenly refreshed Andrei's vision, this tank with high mobility, high firepower, and good armor performance is definitely the main force on the battlefield in the future. Although before this, the Soviet army had been suffering from the German army's 88 mm series guns, but this time it had a 122 mm main gun that was far larger than it, and its lethality was several grades higher than that of the Tiger.

Although I don't know if the Trode guy has changed to other tanks, Andre with the IS-2 in his hand is now quite confident, if the strongest force of the Trode squad is still the Tiger, Andrei can easily use this IS-2 to destroy it.

However, there was still a lot of controversy when considering the head of IS-2 at that time. After all, the IS-2 differed from the previous KV-1 and KV-2. The first two are extreme in many ways, so they are not suitable for many members, but the IS-2 fills in a lot of holes compared to the previous KV series, which leads to it becoming a combat vehicle that can be controlled by anyone within the 217 team.

The first to exclude are Anton and Oger, the former has been using anti-tank destroyers, and the combat method has been finalized, and Anton, as a ghost commander, always runs out to do other things, so it is definitely inappropriate for him to be in charge of this tank; As for the latter, all the members of the 217 squad who denied it, as for the reason, it is just a matter of character.

After that, Xia Bing was also excluded because of his combat style, and Andrei and Leonid also gave up on their own initiative because although the tank was powerful, it did not fit him well. In the end, the competition for this IS-2 became a competition for Natalia, Boris and Bella. The first to quit was Natalia, the reason was naturally to give the opportunity to the newcomer, and when only Boris and Bella were left, how could Boris be embarrassed to compete? So this powerful tank fell into the hands of Bella, and this is also another heavy tank after Bella's contact with KV-1 and KV-2, and it is also a really powerful and balanced heavy tank.

As before, Bella initially rejected the decision, and unlike before, this time it wasn't all because she didn't have confidence. But this IS-2 is a main tank different from KV-1 and KV-2 after all, and if it is placed in the hands of different people, the gap will definitely be very large, and in the hands of Bella, it is obviously not as good as in the hands of Natalia. However, everyone knows the problems of the 217 team, and once Andre decides, there is no room for modification...... (To be continued.) )