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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:12 pm Post subject: IS-4 tank??
I've found a photo of this tank on the internet. Is it an IS-4 tank? thanks Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 7:42 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
I think its a 4 (1947 model)... page 21 Russian Tanks 1946-to the present.

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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 9:57 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
Yes. _________________ RTY on other forums; Looking for Pz.IV manuals D 653/2 Erzatsteilliste(pictures), D 653/10, D 653/25 (Handbuch fur den Panzerfahrer), D 653/50b, D 653/50c, D653/51 Looking for Maybach HL120 repair instruction... (Copyes or scans) Can pay money or exchange

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Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
Looks about right - here's the Kubinka one. There was also one reported at Zabaykal'sk. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:14 am Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
- the_shadock I've found a photo of this tank on the internet. Is it an IS-4 tank? Where is this IS-4 ?

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
it seems that the location is "Exhibition in park ODORA SibVo, Chita, Chita Oblast (Russia)". Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
There is a ''Memorial of military and Labor glory'' at N52 03.004 E113 28.416 with a T-34 and other hardware. No pic of a IS-4.. Regards, Lesley

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Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
Looks like they're a few things displayed there. www.photaki.com/pictur...274885.htm www.flickr.com/photos/...323209948/ (Assuming it's the same Chita!)

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:56 am Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
Here: IS-4 – Zabaykalsk, Zabaykalsky Krai (Russia) www.reibert.info/forum...07&page=12 with the IS-4: Exhibition in park ODORA SibVo, Chita, Chita Oblast (Russia) Kubinka tank Museum (Russia) That makes 3 surviving IS-4 heavy tanks a small numer compeare to IS-2 and IS-3

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:36 am Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
If you work on the theory that nearly 4,000 JS2 &2,500 JS3 with a mere 250 JS4 being built, with no active service anywhere for the JS4, it's not unsurprising that there are few preserved. Impressive looking beast.

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:45 pm
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These are not the last IS-4.
They were used to make a pillboxes at the USSR-China border, and some tanks can still stay there.

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Looking for Pz.IV manuals D 653/2 Erzatsteilliste(pictures), D 653/10, D 653/25 (Handbuch fur den Panzerfahrer), D 653/50b, D 653/50c, D653/51
Looking for Maybach HL120 repair instruction...
(Copyes or scans)
Can pay money or exchange

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Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
anyway, these are the known survivors, and only known by us. One can never suspect what is preserved, hidden or simply mis-identified, and we could find more IS-4 tanks all around Russia and Eastern Europe. P-O _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 9:37 am Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
- Koluchiy These are not the last IS-4. They were used to make a pillboxes at the USSR-China border, and some tanks can still stay there. Some photos: www.fortification.ru/o...amp;page=1

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Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 10:52 am Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
Great site there, pity there's so many "red crosses" where photo links are now broken.

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Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:45 am Post subject: Re: IS-4 tank??
4th IS-4 - Museum?, Borzya, Zabaykalsky Krai (Russia) Photo: fotki.yandex.ru/users/...772?page=0 Gallery: fotki.yandex.ru/users/...96939/?p=0

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