The IS-5 is a Soviet heavy tank of the Cold War era. The first prototypes of this car appeared at the turn of 1948/1949, and a small batch of these cars, probably consisting of about 10 units, was created in 1950. However, the car never went into mass production. The drive was provided by one V-12 engine with a capacity of 700 hp. The main armament consisted of a 122-mm D-25TA gun, and the auxiliary one consisted of 1-2 machine guns. The IS-5 car was developed at the Chelyabinsk plant by a group of engineers under the leadership of Joseph Yakovlevich Kotin and was actually a deep modernization of the IS-4, which, in turn, was based on the IS-2M3. Compared to its predecessor, it had improved booking, a changed shape of the tower and its lowered profile. It is likely that a new type of suspension was also tested on it, but this data is not reliable. however, it is almost certain that the pre-production IS-5 cars had the same suspension as the IS-4. In the end, however, the IS-5 did not enter serial production and was only a stage in the development of the IS-2 family of tanks. Package Contents: A set of polystyrene plastic models, an exact detailed copy of the real model. Assembly instructions and stickers are included (water-based stickers). The model is delivered disassembled and unpainted, it requires glue and paints for finishing. Unless stated on the box, the kit does not contain paints, glue or brushes. Additional products: You can find the necessary paints and sprays, adhesives and softeners for stickers, primers, fillers and fillers, tools, brushes in the sculpting materials. For further detailing, you can find various photoetched parts and resin parts.
