Editing Iosif Stalin tank (section)

===ISU-152===
[[File:Bagration_mood_70.png|thumb|right|300px|A platoon of ISU-152s advances, screened by a company of [[Emcha]]s. One assault gun has been taken out.]]
<section begin="isu152" />Зверобой (Zveroboy, lit. beast killer) was a modernisation of the [[Kliment Voroshilov tank#SU-152|SU-152]], created to update the design, since the production of the [[Kliment Voroshilov tank#KV-1S|KV-1S]] chassis used for the old design was coming to an end. The new assault gun, IS-152, based on the superior IS tank chassis, mounting the ML-20S 152mm howitzer inside a spacious casemate. After trials revealed a number of deficiencies, the design was revised and upgraded, resulting in the ISU-152, accepted for production.

Although it mounted an even more powerful gun than the [[Iosif Stalin tank#IS-2 obr. 1943|IS-2]], the lack of a turret allowed it to conserve weight and the end design was only a ton heavier than the base tank. It had thicker forward armor and was also cheaper to build. All of these made it an exceptional weapon in a variety of roles, including supporting assaults, urban combat, and destroying enemy tanks. That last role was the source of its nickname, as the ISU-152 could destroy any German tank at range, or at least maul it severely, while remaining safe from return fire. 

The only drawback was a low rate of fire, which precluded its use in a traditional tank destroyer role. Despite that, it was one of the most versatile and powerful tools in the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] arsenal, and the ISU-152 remained in production and service into the 1960s, with a total of 4 635 vehicles produced.<section end="isu152" />
* [[ISU-152]]: The basic tank.
** [[ISU-152 (Fin)]]: A captured unit pressed into Finnish service.
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