Originally developed in competition with the IS-3, the IS-4 (Object 245) was similarly an extensive redesign of the IS-2. The hull was lengthened, with an extra set of road wheels added and an improved engine. Both the hull and turret were uparmoured. Several alternative armaments were explored in paper studies, although ultimately the IS-2's original 122mm gun was retained. An effort was also made to make use of technical data derived from study of the German wartime Panzer V Panther tank, which influenced the layout of the IS-4's engine cooling system. The tank was approved for mass production in 1948 but due to disappointing speed and mobility only 200 were build. Most of these were transferred to the Russian Far East in 1950 in preparation for the planned Soviet intervention in the Korean War. When this operation was aborted the tanks nevertheless remained stationed in the region until their decommissioning in the 1960s.
Item No 05573
Item Name Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank
Bar Code 9580208055732
Scale 1:35
Item Type Static Kit
Model Brief Length: 285.8mm Width:96.5 mm
Total Parts 530+
Metal Parts copper cable, spring, gun barrel
Photo Etched Parts 1 piece
Film Parts n/a
Resin Parts n/a
Total Sprues 23 sprues , lower hull , upper hull and turret
Released Date 2014-04
More Features "The kit consists of over 530 parts
>the kit w/refined detail
>multi-slide moulded lower hull and upper hull
>180 individual tracks links
>photo-etched parts included"
