IS-7

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IS-7

USSR

Heavy Tank

Tier X

Battle Tiers
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Totals
Cost	6,100,000
Hit Points	2,1502,150 HP
Weight Limit	68.2/7168.2/71 t
Crew
Commander Gunner Driver Loader Loader (Radio Operator)
Mobility
Engine Power	10501050 hp
Speed Limit	59.6 km/h
Traverse	2828 deg/s
Power/Wt Ratio	15.415.4 hp/t
Pivot	NoNo
Armor
Hull Armor	150/150/100 mm
Turret Armor	240/185/94240/185/94 mm
Armament
Damage	367.5-612.5367.5-612.5 HP
Penetration	195-325195-325 mm
Rate of Fire	4.38100% crew: 4.57 rpm + Vents: 4.67 rpm + BiA : 4.77 rpm + Food: 4.98 rpm 4.38100% crew: 4.57 rpm + Vents: 4.67 rpm + BiA : 4.77 rpm + Food: 4.98 rpm r/m
Accuracy	0.4100% crew: 0.38 m + Vents: 0.38 m + BiA : 0.37 m + Food: 0.35 m 0.4100% crew: 0.38 m + Vents: 0.38 m + BiA : 0.37 m + Food: 0.35 m m
Aim time	3.4100% crew: 3.26 s + Vents: 3.19 s + BiA : 3.12 s + Food: 2.99 s 3.4100% crew: 3.26 s + Vents: 3.19 s + BiA : 3.12 s + Food: 2.99 s s
Turret Traverse	25100% crew: 26.07 deg/s + Vents: 26.66 deg/s + BiA : 27.25 deg/s + Food: 28.43 deg/s 25100% crew: 26.07 deg/s + Vents: 26.66 deg/s + BiA : 27.25 deg/s + Food: 28.43 deg/s deg/s
Gun Arc	360°
Elevation Arc	-6°/+18°-6°/+18°
Ammo Capacity	3030 rounds
General
Chance of Fire	1515 %
View Range	400100% crew: 400 m + Vents: 408.57 m + BiA : 417.14 m + Food: 434.29 m 400100% crew: 400 m + Vents: 408.57 m + BiA : 417.14 m + Food: 434.29 m m
Signal Range	720100% crew: 750.86 m + Vents: 767.83 m + BiA : 784.8 m + Food: 818.74 m 720100% crew: 750.86 m + Vents: 767.83 m + BiA : 784.8 m + Food: 818.74 m m
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The IS-7 is a Soviet tier 10 heavy tank.

Development of the IS-7 started in the spring of 1945. Prototypes successfully underwent trials in 1946 and 1947. However, the IS-7 never saw mass production.

The IS-7 is a tier X heavy tank of the USSR heavy branch, along with the IS-4. The IS-7 is a much more popular tank than the IS-4 for the reasons: It has a very high top speed (buffed in 8.5 to 59.6 kph, which makes almost as fast as the AMX 50B), a low profile and very well sloped armor, along with a great gun.

The IS-7 marks the end of one of the Soviet heavy tank lines.

Modules

Tier Name Armor Traverse Speed Traverse Arc View Range XP Cost Price Weight 10X IS-7 0240 240/185/94 mm 25100% crew: 26.07 deg/s + Vents: 26.66 deg/s + BiA : 27.25 deg/s + Food: 28.43 deg/s 25100% crew: 26.07 deg/s + Vents: 26.66 deg/s + BiA : 27.25 deg/s + Food: 28.43 deg/s d/s 360° 400100% crew: 400 m + Vents: 408.57 m + BiA : 417.14 m + Food: 434.29 m 400100% crew: 400 m + Vents: 408.57 m + BiA : 417.14 m + Food: 434.29 m m 0------ 0--- 14,200 14,200 kg

Guns compatible with this Turret:

Tier Name Ammo Damage Penetration Shell Price Rate of Fire Accuracy Aim Time Elevation XP Cost Price Weight 10X 130 mm S-70 30 490/490/640 HP 260/303/68 mm 1,118 /10 /978 4.38100% crew: 4.57 rpm + Vents: 4.67 rpm + BiA : 4.77 rpm + Food: 4.98 rpm r/m 0.4100% crew: 0.38 m + Vents: 0.38 m + BiA : 0.37 m + Food: 0.35 m m 3.4100% crew: 3.26 s + Vents: 3.19 s + BiA : 3.12 s + Food: 2.99 s s Front: -6°/+18° Sides: -6°/+18° Rear: -2°/+25° --- 0--- 2,980 2,980 kg

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Tier Name Power Fire Chance Type XP Cost Price Weight 10X M-50T 1050 1050 hp 015 15 % Diesel --- 0--- 0700 700 kg

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Tier Name Load Limit Traverse Speed XP Cost Price Weight 10X IS-7 70.9570.95 t 02828 d/s ------ 0--- 11,000 11,000 kg

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Tier Name Range XP Cost Price Weight 10X 10RK-26 720100% crew: 750.86 m + Vents: 767.83 m + BiA : 784.8 m + Food: 818.74 m 720100% crew: 750.86 m + Vents: 767.83 m + BiA : 784.8 m + Food: 818.74 m m 0--- --- 0--- 0160 160 kg

Compatible Equipment

            

Compatible Consumables

         

Gallery

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  IS-7 front left view

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  IS-7 front right view

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  IS-7 rear left view

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  IS-7 rear right view

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  Front right

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  Front left

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  Rear right

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  Rear left

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  IS-7, Malinovka map

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  IS-7, MMurovanka map

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  IS7, map Port

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Very agile for a heavy
• Spaced armor on the sides
• High alpha
• Extremely well-armored rounded turret
• Decent frontal hull armor (better than the IS-4's)
• Great at ramming smaller tanks

Cons:

• Turns slower than the earlier IS tanks
• Low rate of fire
• Weak sides and rear
• Frontal armor is tough, but relies on slope rather than thickness
• Highest terrain resistance in game ensures it will never reach its top speed on anything but hill
• Poor gun depression
• Second lowest HP of the tier X heavies, barely above the AMX 50B (by only 50)
• Relatively innacurate gun
• Large silhouette from the side
• Long aim time
• Weak lower hull armour without angled front
• Angled hull is losing a lot of his pre-angled pike nose armour

Performance

It's fast and delivers massive damage while being hard to kill due to its heavily sloped front armor. The IS-7 has some of the best sloped frontal-armor in the game, however this is somewhat nullified at close range by the equally thick but much less sloped lower plate. All these strengths come with a weakness; the IS-7's main gun, while having the same listed accuracy as the E-100's 15cm, it seems in practice to be far worse at actually hitting the target, let alone hitting a weakspot, thus requiring the player to get fairly close to their target in order to accurately hit weakspots. This in turn makes you a much easier target to hit as well. The IS-7 uses the 130 mm S-70, which has better alpha damage than the 122mm M62-T2 mounted on IS-4, but slightly worse stats elsewhere. The main difference between the IS-7 and the IS-4 is that the IS-7 is much faster, with a top speed of 60 km/h (though this is difficult to reach under normal driving conditions, you can expect 30-35kmh in most cases), as well as having good turret traverse.

However, these sloping plates also add a disadvantage: You cannot angle the frontal armour of IS7 as you expose the well-sloped-but-weak armour plate to the enemy, the effective armour when fighting angled drops a fair amount, allowing tier 8,9, and 10 guns to punch through if they strike at a shallow enough angle to the plate. This in turn makes your lower plate incredibly easy to penetrate as it is just as thin as the upper plate but with far worse sloping. When fighting one at an angle, prefer its flatter front armour sections than is angled side armour, or shoot the sprocket, dealing damage and throwing off the track. If fighting in an urban environment with many street corners that force you to turn to shoot you opponent, it's advised that you bait them into shooting your thick and spaced side armor by sidescraping, then returning fire as they reload.

Suggested Equipment

  

Historical Info

The development of the IS-7 started in the Spring of 1945. Prototypes were in trials during 1946 and 1947. By 1948, the IS-7 heavy tank was developed. The IS-7 model 1948 variant had a weight of 68 metric tons and was armed with the 130 mm S-70 naval cannon (7020 mm long barrel) with autoloader and stabilizer, infrared night scopes, 8 machine guns, armor from 220 to 300 mm thickness', and 60 km/h roadspeed.

Only three were built and it was the largest tank ever produced by the USSR. Although it was in many ways an innovative design, it was never accepted for mass production due to its cumbersome size and the very impractical layout of its fighting compartment. The tank housed a crew of five.

It must be noted that the Slostin gun was to be installed as its AA armament.

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Historical Gallery

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  IS-7 in the testing fields

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  IS-7 in the testing fields

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  IS-7 in the testing fields

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  IS-7 Technical Drawing

Soviet Tanks

Heavy Tanks