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Model: Trumpeter 07143
Producent code: 07143
Weight: 0.20 kg
Product availability: 24 hours
Products sold: 2
EAN: 9580208071435
Manufacturer: Trumpeter
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Trumpeter 07143 Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank (1:72)

  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 built. 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     07143
Item Name     Soviet JS-4 Heavy Tank
Bar Code     9580208071435
Scale     1:72
Item Type     Plastic Model Armor Kit
Model Brief     Length: 138.5mm   Width: 46.4mm   
Total Parts     70+
Metal Parts     n/a
Photo Etched Parts     n/a
Film Parts     n/a
Resin Parts     n/a
Total Sprues     2 sprues , upper hull , lower hull and tracks
Released Date     2017-10
More Features     The kit consists of over 70 parts
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