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Was the IS-2 a Waste of Resources?

» IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com Some claim that the IS-2 was a waste of resources and the KV-series could have been just updated. Is this a valid point? For this I talk to the author of IS-2 Stalin's War Hammer Peter "Tank Archives" Samsonov. Cover design by vonKickass. Photo of the IS-2 of the MHM Dresden, modified. »» GET BOOKS & VIDEOS «« » Stukabook - Doctrine of the German Dive-Bomber - http://stukabook.com » The Assault Platoon of the Grenadier-Company November 1944 (StG 44) - http://sturmzug.com » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com » Tank Assault - Combat Manual of the Soviet Tank Forces 1944 - http://stm44.com » IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com » StuG: Ausbildung, Einsatz und Führung der StuG Batterie - http://stug-hdv.de » Achtung Panzer? Zur Panzerwaffe der Wehrmacht - http://panzerkonferenz.de » Panzerkonferenz Video - http://pzkonf.de »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon, see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « IS-2 Stalin's Warhammer - http://www.is-2tank.com 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - KV Heavy Tank Family 07:10 - IS Heavy Tank Development #IS2 #heavytank #ww2

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Raul Ramos

Very good. And also impressed that you devoted time to this niche issue. Not in a negative way I say that. Never worked on a vehicle project (not only armoured vehicles) where weight was not a massive (not intended pun) issue. There is the concept of growth, as in weight increase due to improvements and it is a helpful marker of tipping points on the increase. That is which systems are no longer coping. If you ask me, part of this conundrum happens because the need of a new vehicle as the user realises all the shortcomings of the current, yet the new is based on the existing because that's the simple thing to do and (arguably so) the less eisky