Inside the Chieftain's Hatch: IS-7 Part 2

The Chieftain continues his tour of the IS-7. In this episode, he will not only show you the IS-7's interior but also tell about the mysterious "turret monster".
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[@willcoleman9691]

That explanation of what a turret monster is was great

[@darrenlim5491]

Will Coleman true

[@w0lf667]

was it even real....?

[@trashpanda-sg2xh]

@@w0lf667 HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA..... Please......Please tell me your joking....

[@w0lf667]

@@trashpanda-sg2xh I am not...

[@skipdreadman8765]

The turret monster is real. Never saw one, but it has eaten so much of my stuff that I know it exists.

[@adamskinner5868]

This IS7 needs saving BEFORE it gets really bad and stuff is permanently damaged by corrosion beyond repair. I know the hull will be around but all the equipment inside is getting destroyed by rust n moisture. What a great job getting to restore this icon, I'm sure they could find folks happy to do it.

[@SamuelsShea]

I wish they would fully restore this tank since it's such an icon for the tank enthusiast community.

[@MsSomeonenew]

It would be useless, modern tanks do far more with far less. This would be king on a WW2 battlefield but not outside it's time.

[@SuperMrminecraftdude]

+MsSomeonenew i dont think thats the point of restoring it, i think he meant just getting rid of all the rust and so on

[@SamuelsShea]

MsSomeonenew i meant just clean it up and maybe even get it running again.

[@basiaromanovski458]

But IS-7 isnt really "Iconic". Its just world of tanks players who are like "omg is 7 best tank omg omg". Most people doesnt usually start their "Tank fan career" with IS tank series. Mostly tiger and t34.

[@Panzercommander121]

It is likely the finest heavy tank ever built...

[@fireball7562]

This guy lives the life. Getting paid to go in tanks and talk about em

[@novaimperator1526]

Silverstarlp11 I wish i had that job

[@jltaco85]

and also seem uninterested while doing it, unless he actually is.

[@willb3698]

Gabriel Braganca Isn't he still in the U.S. Tank Regiments as a Major? But no longer serving as a Tank Commander. He commanded a Battalion in the Gulf War, so yes - he lives the life. He's always interested.

[@geopornicus3944]

@@jltaco85 Nah. He's just Irish.

[@chrismiddleton398]

Have you seen his Q&A's? When the house interrupts? Seems like my life.

[@TheHappyCamperPSN]

The S-70 cannon was taken off of a Kirov class light cruiser where is was used as a secondary/anti-aircraft weapon in 6x1 barrel mounts. The 180mm B-1P on the Object 261 was also taken from a Kirov light cruiser, but the 180mm was part of it's primary armament package of 3x3 mounts.

[@selfdo]

The clanking definition of a BFG.

[@leoborn4013]

The S70 was not taken off a Kirow class and there was no Object 261.

[@davidjanuszewski5020]

Hull and turret design is remarkable, that nose armor is super effective.

[@Monmon-fh8zl]

I think he forgot to mention that one does not need to aim in a Soviet Tank, because Stalin will guide one's shot. XD

[@jalepenopvp2300]

If u sacrifice enough dosed emcee to the gulag

[@jalepenopvp2300]

Decadence*

[@quickrider3855]

The XD at the end ruined it

[@RobSandman]

As an Irishman I would love to hear him say "ya Stallin' Stalin?"

[@ConcordDown]

@@GamePlayShare no anti tank in the would count pen its armor

[@TheBigExclusive]

@11:27 - Was anyone else secretly wondering/hoping the tank engine would start up when he pressed the starter button? Would have been a funny surprise.

[@norwegianwiking]

give us more "tanker lore" like the turret monster. Also, when thinking of this thing going 60 kph, i imagine sudden stops, ie crashing, would be very unfun for those inside. Ever crashed in an Abrams etc?

[@jafon9]

@Cody Sonnet 400mm? Haha you must be joking. Some modern APFSDS rounds don't even have that penetration!

[@tiberium511]

That thing is a mess, it needs to be restored. You can see where they have painted it with a thick paint to help prevent rust but they didn't do a good job.

[@novaimperator1526]

I want to live in a tank. Its mobile enough, has enough space for one-two people, and is the best self defense weapon lol

[@hongluzhang7771]

Scorpio_ on_KZbin u will have to pay thousands of dollars for gas per month or per week if u love wondering around.

[@Alex-gt8rd]

Honglu Zhang you can use the maus or the KV-2 )))

[@yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907]

Or I can just use the power of Vodka [and other such beverages] and the power of Slavic swearing.

[@sethboltron]

@@gewizz2 hell yeah

[@user-xv8eo2pk9g]

@@gewizz2 hell yeah

[@dannya1854]

All these old Soviet tanks look so rusted, dirty and unkempt. Imagine how beautiful they looked when they got off the production line.

[@aevangel1]

You must be new to Soviet Russia. Tanks came off the production line looking just like this.

[@Gekiko7167]

It is this museum's fault. They don't care about their tanks...😢

[@cursedcliff7562]

@@Gekiko7167 now how would you keep over a 100 70+ year old tanks in good condition

[@Gekiko7167]

@@cursedcliff7562 ask "The Tank Museum" they have tanks from WW1,and they are in good condition. The is-7 will be easier to restore. As it is not an 105 year old tank but an 74 year old tank ( the IS-7 was made in 1946)

[@Gekiko7167]

@@cursedcliff7562 and good condition I don't mean running under it's own power, i mean not being rusted and destroyed as hell on the inside.

[@yautja2232]

More than likely one side was fired first as soon as rounds were complete the second loader would start cycle, as loader #1 started reloading his side of the rack, #2 would finish firing when #1 finished his restack then #1 would fire as #2 started reloading his side. Rinse and repeat.

[@imrekalman9044]

I would assume the 12 positions are for 6 shells and 6 propellant charges. 🤔

[@MAxikziom18]

Next ELC AMX oh wait Chieftain won't fit in

[@BruceLeedar]

Adrien KITT That's odd, I thought it would be rusting outside with all the other historical French vehicles (e.g. B-C 25t).

[@Jesses001]

Jorer Lu Haha, that will be hilarious I am sure. He might have to do that thing where he lies on top and points to everything from the outside. I forgot what the other tank he had to do that with was.

[@Lonezewolf]

or better the DUCK tank

[@alexandera7827]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

[@Jesses001]

Jorer Lu In game version, most likely but it would leave a dent. Some body work needed. The real life version had armored steel (AR500 grade if I am not mistaken). Should be fine, even though he is a really big fellow.

[@Paciat]

Turret monster? Im scared. Im playing TDs from now on.

[@willcoleman9691]

The turret monster will still live in any turreted TD...

[@acolyteoffire4077]

if the commanders copula turns you still have a turret m,monster to worry about.

[@cursedcliff7562]

@@acolyteoffire4077 Something tells me that's from experience

[@CallanElliott]

While it's called the 'Turret Monster', it is quite happy to settle in any small enclosed space, including TDs.

[@phatpat6667]

I wish these were filmed with a wider lens.

[@eneb40]

MrDJLaw Yep, it would be nice by wargaming to get him a GoPro for these kind of photos/videos

[@teli6350]

+MrDJLaw but... they look beautiful! that is the only important thing in Inside the Chieftain's hatch! but seriously, why cant he hold the camera himself, does he know how to use one?

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Buddha Belly 360 video

[@saenzfernando]

7 shots per Minute.?! Wargaming says other wise -_-

[@matheusg.8177]

7 shots fired and then 2 minutes reloading

[@cursedcliff7562]

Gaijin says otherwise

[@unknownaccount9605]

@@matheusg.8177 Autoloader!?

[@matheusg.8177]

@@unknownaccount9605 autoloader doesnt mean the tank have all the ammunition loaded, Just like rifles, autoloaders have "magazines", it requires someone to load the magazine

[@unknownaccount9605]

@@matheusg.8177 oh wow, tnx about that, i realize that is7 was overpowered in real life LOL tnx bro.

[@Nackenzwei]

So cool to finally see that monster form the inside! Thank you so much and I look forward to someday see you doing a video on the Tiger 2 or T29/T34/T30 (what ever of the latter ones, I really just wanna see the inside of the turret so badly!) :)

[@avnrulz]

'130mm is a converted Naval gun', well that explains the round/propellant loading, which reflects the loading of rounds on the WWII era battleships, etc.

[@basiaromanovski458]

Most of big soviet guns like 122mm D25 family and 130mm was artillery and naval guns, Which was tested on tanks since 1940 to 1970s. Which was kind of unsuccessful due to reload system.

[@Glebasik148]

this tipe of load was using because shell`s is basicly to heavy and too long for loading in one go especially in the long battle

[@REgamesplayer]

I would had went with IS-7. For me a heavy tank is a breaththrough weapon which is meant to assault heavily fortified positions and to battle enemy heavy tanks. Also, to serve as assault weapon. It's not on the other hand maneuver tank. It will always be late to support your newest pushes and it wont serve in a war of maneuver. Heavy tank role is of mobile bunker then it's not on offense. To solidify most critical spots with invincible 130 mm cannon.

[@seanmalloy7249]

From watching another video on the IS-7, what killed it wasn't teething problems or design flaws -- it was the simple fact that they couldn't transport it. It had grown to 68 tons over its design process, and the Soviet rail system only had cars that could transport tanks of up to 45-50 tons. With WWII having stood down, there was little need for a full-on heavy tank, and the lighter IS-8 (later renamed T-10) filled the medium tank role well enough; there was little interest in a design program to build railcars with a capacity big enough to carry the much more expensive IS-7, so it was cancelled.

[@REgamesplayer]

@@seanmalloy7249 T-10 is already over that capacity limit. However, transport weight limit was upwards to 55 tons. I do think that such tanks are worth the trouble, especially as enemies had no effective means of disabling them. On tactical level they would had proven themselves unstoppable.

[@selfdo]

This beast definitely had the firepower. However, it'd have easily fallen prey to more mobile NATO tanks and tank destroyers. Even a 1946-vintage "Super Hellcat" would have easily outflanked a platoon of IS-7s and taken them out with flanking shots. There were cheaper methods to take on fortifications for the Soviet Army, and they still had quite the park of leftover SU-152s and ISU-152s. Even the T-10s were more useful to scare hell out of NATO and cause the Americans and Brits to divert resources with their own heavies to counter. By the time T-54s and T-55s were the mainstay of Soviet armored divisions, the IS-3s and T-10s were relegated to reserve units. Some IS-3s were given to the Egyptians, who, as the Wikipedia T-10 article pointed out in its subsection, "Demise of Soviet Heavy Tanks", performed poorly at the Battle of Rafah in 1967, indicating that the heavy tank had its day.

[@REgamesplayer]

@@selfdo It is not a video game. You cannot outflank enemy position. It takes hours of moving and you don't get a shot. You take a village next to the side. In tactical scenario, you will encounter Soviet infantry first and tank would just need to rotate slightly to the side in order not to be outflanked. Not to mention that Super Hellcats don't even have firepower to take on IS-7 even from sides. Are you aware that T-10 and IS-7 IS the same tank program, but just renamed? The only thing which you had said which wasn't disappointing was that ISU-152 is cheaper way to take out fortifications. Even if they are worse at that job.

[@Wideoval73]

Another excellent video of a Soviet heavy tank. Thanks

[@skibidi_tv_man_drip]

Its an super heavy tank

[@Handle423]

Could you guys go to France and take a look at the AMX50 B? Would like to know how the Loading Mechanism works.

[@riffler24]

Scarce is Fat essentially the same process as the amx 13 tanks. a big cylinder carrying the rounds in the turret bustle. fire all the rounds, then fall back. The entire crew would then get out of the tank and slowly reload the full cylinder

[@jarraandyftm]

Would also like to know how the 1 forward, 7 reverse gear system works on the French tanks.

[@Fisherer2]

@@jarraandyftmthe tank is backwards.

[@ryouichisan]

Finally IS-7. My Xmas gift!

[@omarrp14]

You should get a group of like people so that way you can be inside the tank with all the "crew" members. to represent how cramped it would be.

[@Wideoval73]

Fascinating video. Thanks

[@WorldOfTanksOfficialChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@ThePlayerOfGames]

One of the most reasonable reviews a western tankie is going to give a Russian tank. The Chieftain is quite unbiased, but if you think he is then this one comes out positively glowing 😉

[@Omnihil777]

Great series, but the "sounds" you could call background music - i'd rather hear a M-60 patton tank engine constantly misfiring. Definitively not bearable. Nevertheless great series. Yeah.

[@Corrosion37]

Russian tanks dont need seats.. They just slav sit.

[@AryoTeWu]

Corrosion37,not slav seat, but SQUAT

[@uio890138]

Because they didn't survive long enough in combat for the crew to sit down?

[@Weisior]

WE SQUAT MY FRIEND

[@uio890138]

You squat so you can get out of a hit and burning tank faster?

[@Weisior]

@@uio890138 No, we squat because if you sit and drive youre shaking so you cant drink vodka properly and if you squat you can balance yourself well

[@therealdohos2607]

its actually the first time i ever see anyone go INSIDE the tank on this show called INSIDE the chieftain's hatch

[@automatiiik]

Hey I know, do the T-35! I'm sure you'll find it easy to fit in that beast.

[@gyorgyszabo6804]

In this tank you need tetanus vaccination

[@richard51197]

I was watching and thinking: "holy shit so...much....rust !!!!"

[@ubaybadarrudin7292]

Why?

[@Duke_de_Plata]

+Ubay Badarrudin Do you not see all the rust inside?

[@SDeww]

+Ubay Badarrudin cause it looks sick as hell! no wonder it was only a prototyp and never made it to production, what a piece of crap tank!..

[@xtrashtmac]

+S Dew Pffff. You have no clue what you are talking about. Why introduce a new tank produced to counter German Tanks when the war has finished? Also, this tank is like 65 years old. Of course there is gonna be rust in that thing when it's never in use.

[@notanerd5220]

0:17 pure joy

[@martinlatvian5538]

This ride needs to visit "West Coast Customs" ASAP and pimp it up. At last the wiring rust and paint job :P

[@kuhaku9587]

The reserve being foward and the drive being backward is just like a car. So as you break your body shift foward, it's easier to follwo the motion to put the gear into reverse or park. If you are breaking hard in a battlefield, you probably want to reserve really fast too, as you shift foward to use that motion to move in reverse and get out asap.

[@Charlie32856SBCT]

Not a very roomy turret, appears to be very cramped. However, I'm glad I finally get to see the inside of an IS tank.

[@luckyluchs7779]

I WANT YOUR JOB CHEIFTAIN!! No seriously, being a freshman is such a drag when I could be looking inside cool tanks in kubinka.

[@willb3698]

Luckyluchs777 He was a battalion Commander (and tank Commander) and is still involved with the U.S. Divisions as a Major. Served in the 1st gulf war. So you have a long way to go. Perhaps don't go to war though!

[@colinmcdonald2499]

Did you invent the term: "ramming staff"? As a Yankee, I checked into the Oxford Dictionary and it concurs with Webster: Ramrod. Spanner move ;-) Good videos. Thanks!

[@ecthelionalfa]

plz do the t95

[@coolbossyt4017]

he probly cant there were only 2 made and only 1have been found

[@ecthelionalfa]

+Matt Wright :c well thanks for that information

[@coolbossyt4017]

np

[@ceh6656]

ecthelion alfa They probably could since the T95 is at the Patton mueseum.

[@user-bo1ej5im9t]

The fact that t95 has been gone for soo long that the tank hide in just 2 meter bush in military field (testing field)

[@REgamesplayer]

Semi-assisted loading seems such good idea for its time! It needed to be implemented way sooner!

[@Comrev]

Could you please do a kv1 or kv 1s video

[@samuelrc1992]

Me hacen mucha gracia el control del disparador y la torreta con un mecanismo parecido a un mando de Xbox. Me parece que ya lo he visto en otros tanques soviéticos

[@shitmagnet5136]

Very professional. Thank you.

[@imronburgundywin7320]

Just unlocked that tank yesterday :D

[@austenmaximillian9086]

ImRonBurgundy win same

[@GameMeUpScottyGaming]

LOL Turret monster :P

[@kyledasilva6145]

:/

[@ravenouself4181]

"reasonable 60 km/h" the thing is faster than most light tanks and as fast as some modern mbt's

[@sqxish.9325]

A question, whould this tank be good for war againts the modern tanks?

[@ARDEN440i]

Sorry for this really dumb question but why for some tanks does it take really long to reload the main gun? For example the 122mm on the IS-2 apparently took so long it could only fire two rounds a minute. Was it simply because the shell was heavy so two or more people were needed? Tanks like the Abrams has a 120mm but has a really fast reload time. So why was tanks like the IS-2 and Tiger so slow to reload but tanks like the.Abrams and british tanks have really fast reloads when they are 120mm?

[@ARDEN440i]

Same for auto loaders why does it take so long for the crew to just load 4 shells for example?

[@TRUGAMER45]

The Abrams has assisted loading... also the ro7nfs are much lighter

[@TRUGAMER45]

TRUGAMER45 rounds*

[@Stubbari]

Why does it take 1,5s to reload an assault rifle in CoD while it takes 5s to reload it in real life?

[@bankhanger2]

Dodge Charger 1970 there wasn't enough space inside the tank to store the fullsize 122mm shells so they had to put them together first before they could load them

[@matheusg.8177]

8:13 Chieftain explaining why is-7 gunner can miss a Maus from 50 meters

[@ravvaktheannihilator69]

It wouldn't even stand a chance against our Carro Veloces!

[@ravvaktheannihilator69]

hatboxful I'm dead how can subscribe to you?

[@AnthonyMalesys]

What about IS-3/4 or Sturmgeschutz 3/4 ? Love the show and the awesome knowledge you have Chief ! Thanks a lot !

[@rocksteel44]

...THANKS CHIEFTAIN!!! :)

[@shirleylyn11]

All that ammo in and around the turret=K-BOOM!!

[@michaelbracken2521]

so the IS-7 does have an auto loader hm... interesting wargaming should take note

[@rickyspanish7851]

IS 7 even more OP

[@roushikaodari9320]

michael oneill nooooo!!, wargaming is Russian biased they might make it op

[@Jonas-hh9fu]

michael oneill it is a Semi auto loader

[@VeXu666]

No it hasn't got autoloader. Its an assisted loading system...

[@SU-wg9pz]

michael oneil it kinda seems ti be an mechanical loader assist, since there is soneone operating it

[@mitternacht4062]

Might I humbly request an inside look at the Pershing? By far my favourite medium tank in the whole game.

[@BillyMartin4Life]

The Pershing was the very first tank he talked about on inside the chieftain's hatch

[@CMDRFandragon]

Amusing video no less =D

[@cooIguy]

wow the stowage

[@ThePinkPanth3r]

At 11ish minutes i was terrified he was going to poke his eye out on that hanging thing

[@ChillWithKris]

How come the is7 isnt an autolader in game? That would have been a pretty cool feature for this tank.

[@Zrod0964]

Kricka Cosplay it doesn't have an auto loader, it has loader assist. It basically just uses a conveyor belt to help the loaders move the heavy shells and propellant into the breach without throwing their backs out.

[@thomrobitaille3942]

But you missed my favourite chapter, "Oh bugger, the tank's on fire!"

[@solowingborders3239]

Based on what he said about the loading system; shouldn't this be an auto-loader?

[@SamuelsShea]

It's semi-auto meaning that the loaders are only assisted with moving the projectiles. The system does not entirely load the gun for them.

[@teli6350]

+Shea Samuels but in WoT it would maybe be a semi - autoloader, you fire your drum fast, then your drum will reload shells one by one. so for example, you fire your drum of (maybe) 5 shells, with a reload between shells of 4 sec. then, you use 50 sec to reload the drum, but you can shoot in between drum reloads. like you fired your shots, and wait for reload. then, a damaged STB-1 comes to kill you after just 30 sec. then you can fire 3 rounds at it and ramming it to scrap metal. or, it takes 10 sec to reload 1 shell into the empty/half - empty drum.

[@SamuelsShea]

professorbairos757 every tank in the game has a ready supply of ammunition in the game because you can only store so much in the turret, ready to use. Take shermans for an example, they only had so much ammo ready for the loader but the rest was stored either around the hull (or on the hull floor in later versions). If you go into war thunder you can see how these ammo setups work in their tank viewer. If they added a mechanic where the tank had to reload the ready rack then it would make sense to do that to 80% of the other vehicles in the game.

[@dashnog]

+Double A Batteries It's really just loading-assisted. Meaning that the loader doesn't have to do as much work. There isn't actually a clip of ammunition ready to go.

[@jasonmcleod8914]

Nothing about this system is "auto". Auto of course being short for "automatic", and in this case, the tank loading the next shells for you without manual assist until its time to refill the clip/drum. The IS-7 in most respects performs no differently than an M4 Sherman or Tiger 1. The M4 and Tiger having smaller guns, you just pick up the one piece ammo, slide it into the breech, BOOM. The IS-7 being two piece ammunition (i.e: KV-2)... the loader(s) have to crank the pulley to load the projectile, then crank the second pulley to load the propellant, crank the third pulley to bring it all forward to the breech, grab the T-bar (as explained in the video if there wasn't a gun rammer) and manually ram it inside. At no point is any of this automatic or done by the vehicle. It's all done by a loader, the only thing the tank doing is carrying the weight of the shells in the cradles. 130mm two-piece ammo is not light in any respect. Side note: This also doesn't mean this system was "quick firing". With all this cranking and sliding, all this system provided was maintaining a certain level of battle performance up until the cradles were empty.

[@ovidaqwe6821]

i love IS-7

[@WetDoggo]

On the ammo rack are 6 places left and 6 right. Or 3 top left, 3 top right, 3 bottom left and 3 bottom right

[@imrekalman9044]

I would assume it's for 6 shells and 6 propellant charges.

[@2012isRonPaul]

did it have a lot of stowage area?

[@franklee9115]

Soviet tank designers seems getting the idea to transplant the battleship turret on tank, the loading system is the most obvious hint. This idea eventually evolves to the autoloader system use in T-64 and T-72s.

[@orbitalair2103]

Oh, you went to Kubinka and didn't film the T-35 !

[@OffendedFoxCh]

7:19 First Console Controller ever made xD

[@stolek6908]

autoloader with 7 granades hmmm interesting maybe in patch 10.0 ;)

[@joe125ful]

Wg dont read this coment:)

[@deepvoiceman4913]

no.... just.... no....

[@a_common_weeb]

rip 10.10

[@basiaromanovski458]

*NOT AN AUTOLOADER.* Its a loading assisting system.

[@willcoleman9691]

About time..

[@HOrseshoeM]

That was very interesting and informative!! Had no clue that obj.260 was 6 rounds autoloader.. translated into WoT game, that would've been too over-powered wouldn't it...

[@Stubbari]

"Autoloader". By the looks of it, it takes 8s to load..

[@jukahri]

Yup, WG always said they had to heavily nerf the IS-7 with regards to its real life counterpart or else it would have needed a 11th tier.

[@krugerblue]

Probably a wide angle gopro or smth similar for the cramped interiors would be better.

[@leepalmer1210]

If it's a bag gun what comes out when breech opens? Is it like a spent blasting cap,/ primer cup?

[@STEVEN-STEELE]

I enjoy these videos alot and love tanks one of my baby pictures is me at 3 standing on A M4 out side one of the bases Dad was stationed. This next bit isnt ment to be disrespectful I just couldnt get over the machine guns everywhere almost like the designer of the the early Stewarts had a hand in it or the company that made the rounds Great video Wow what a beast I wouldn't doubt some surrendered as soon as this monster rolled aroud the corner Patrols of the enemy when was was near always came back with a report of nothing going on because they hid lol Yes they did away with the gunners main optic as far as Machine gun firing when needed the IS 7 was put in neutral a switch was flipped the gunners control became a wobble stick on it one of the buttons fired all the machine guns at once and the gunner neutral traversed the tank in circles if you look each gun is aimed higher or lower than the next thus covering from 3 to 6 foot high later when the switch turned the control to a wobble stick Rock you like a hurricane automatically played both inside on outside of the tank. Theres a mental image. This was done away with due to the fact during one of Stalin's purges he discovered this and hated The Scorpions

[@strellettes8511]

love this series keep the mcoming

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

It's pretty common for soviet tanks in general to not have turret basket, reason being the crew would not be able to access the main gun ammunition racks strewn about the interior if a basket was in the way. Western tanks lump most their ammo in more easily accessible places such as a turret bustle. That semi-auto loader is incredibly over-engineered and a western manually loaded 20 pdr, L7 105, or 120mm gun could easily achieve a higher rate of fire & switch out ammo after it has already been loaded. That armor profile though...combined with good speed, it would have been a truly fearful beast had it a more practical weapon system.

[@unacceptableviews1505]

30 seconds in and I realize I could never be a tanker.....I wouldn't fit through that top hatch lol

[@naderahmed1709]

thanks bro

[@shawnkelley9942]

The quality of the production of this tank. Would never pass in the west.

[@A_Haunted_Pancake]

Most prototypes aren't things of beauty. The point is to see, if you can get everything cramped in and working, not to win awards.

[@charlieyes4946]

I’m shaking and crying at the state of the interior is in rn cmon man just give it to bovington if your gonna mistreat it like that 🥺

[@ABHIBITTI77]

Is7 is the scariest tank I have ever seen

[@ImaJWalker]

I wish the IS-7 had a seven round carousel in the game...LOL

[@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790]

it seems like it was more of a platform to put all the advanced technology gained from WW2 into one vehicle

[@mattholland8966]

You know I can't help but think how cramped all of these vehicles are. I'd hate to be inside one when it's hit. Someday you might consider a video with other volunteers to fill out the crew. With 4 other folks inside you could really appreciate the total lack of space and the scramble for the hatches when something went wrong. Just a thought.

[@warrencan4221]

Oooooooh that’s why I randomly lost my arm when I was turning my turret.

[@avnrulz]

"Stowage Compartments? Stowage Compartments?" LOL

[@nguyennguyen-qb6bt]

Is-3 please

[@jmc7034]

This beast could do with some TLC

[@MartyInLa]

Can you imagine going up against that thing in a Sherman? Good luck!

[@1968lr]

That armour!

[@toastyroastyman8911]

So the Is-7 has a built in ammo rammer? Does the one IN WOT have that feature as standard equipment too ?

[@VaporSlav]

The turret monster! That is the name of the story I'm telling you billy

[@madzen112]

Looks like it's been standing outside for quite a number of years

[@reddevilparatrooper]

A very over optimistic design by the Soviets which is surprising that i would think the Germans would have designed something of this nature.This was in my opinion a battle tank that had great features of sloping which would have given it great protection,excellent.Yes i am very familiar with the "Turret Monster".I had installed little mesh bags tied or velcroed to the turret wall for my gunner and loader in my tank so the "Turret Monster" would not eat it,MREs and personal stuff.For me the TC i had mines stashed behind me near the rear secondary ammuntition stowage door.Keep your tank clean,everything will run smooth.

[@willb3698]

reddevilparatrooper So mines are still being used? By the U.S? Well, that IS sad indeed. Mines have a tendency to stay around longggg after the war they served, awful things. Or are they different to what I am imagining?

[@mark950-d7d]

One amazing 'fact' is that any modern shoulder fired anti-tank rocket could cut right through this thickly armored vehicle. If they lift the turret off of the hull, would they find missing socks under the turret basket? Does this automattic loader predate the T-64?

[@RichardJones-py1gr]

I have seen several internal displays of tanks and they all appear to have a patina of rust. Do active tanks have a little rust?

[@Bill23799]

The Japanese teenage students in the Automotive Club at Ooari Girls Academy would have that tank completely restored over night and ready for a match in the morning.

[@imrekalman9044]

As a present for Nonna. 😁

[@linggaririanto6641]

@@imrekalman9044 i prefer Katyusha

[@imrekalman9044]

@@linggaririanto6641 Annoying little prick... Masterful tactician... But still annoying. 😉 I prefer Nonna's calm manners. The eye of the beholder I guess.

[@linggaririanto6641]

@@imrekalman9044 yeah Nonna also has two 122mm shells ... you know what I mean 😏

[@imrekalman9044]

@@linggaririanto6641 She also has the chamber for a much larger one. 😇 This is about tanks, right? RIGHT? 🤣

[@udtfrogman7169]

"I do believe that is the rate of fire for a minute" XD

[@karamelles98]

I didn't choose the "tank life", the tank life chose me! Not in my case though...

[@stefanusloloanpieterhutaba2744]

Imagine loosing your phone that is filled with anime subscription in this thing cuz of the turret monster

[@3Dcorps]

To sum up Inside the Chieftain's Hatch : "cramped" "in the way"

[@Glebasik148]

"cramped" it loader position in the t34 85 it`s "a little bit" cramped

[@Football_EdiTZZZZZ900]

Can you do inside the t1