MEET THE HEAVY - IS-3 in War Thunder - OddBawZ

The IS-3 in War Thunder was once the King of heavy tanks. Now, it will face cold war era tanks that can easily penetrate its thick well designed armour.
The IS-3 is still a contender, however. In a full downtier, there aren't many tanks that can punch through its armour. At this battle rating you'll face WW2 vehicles that don't really stand a chance against you.
The 122mm cannon on the IS-3 is still enough to banish most enemy tanks with ease which leaves the only real weakness of the IS-3 being its reload speed at 20 seconds.
Overall, this is just the classic heavy tank problem. Great in downtiers but considerably challenging in uptiers! :)
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INTRO (00:00)
THE HEAVY (02:02)
GAME 1 - IS-3 - KING OF THE HILL (04:10)
GAME 1 - TIS MA - BABYSITTING FROM THE SKY (14:46)
GAME 1 - SU-9 - JET POWERED (18:32)
OUTRO (20:12)

[@Haloreach1950]

I remember facing this thing in my stock 6.0 Tiger E years ago. When there was no armour showcase and this monster was at 7.0. I bounced 3 times on his flat side then cried and died. I wish you a good recovery Odd

[@gogtore]

very similar story here hahaha

[@ducksonplays4190]

Upper sides will bounce your shell

[@toastytoast9800]

the flats are actually fake, the real side has much harsher angles

[@OddBawZ]

DO YOU LOVE FIGHTING THIS THING IN YOUR KING TIGER? :)

[@sirpluto9]

Hi Odd love the content! ❤️

[@Super_Canadian]

Oddbawz apparently Jacksepticeye stole your face idk seen it on Reddit thought it was photoshopped

[@sleepykitty8368]

Very much love it

[@OddBawZ]

@@Super_Canadian I love Sean so much. Inspirational guy!

[@Super_Canadian]

@@OddBawZ you and him should do a Collab about Scottish vs Irish things

[@andrewpartington7274]

Hey odd you rock for putting out these vids even when you're under the weather. It was awesome playing w you on stream last night and I hope you get your heart stuff sorted out soon!

[@gdmjs]

Classic oddbawz

[@louiefence6579]

We have to pray for him!

[@joopie858]

It's almost ironic. The War Thunder KZbinr who (in my opinion) puts some of the most heart and emotion into his channel has issues with his heart. Stay healthy and safe Bawz, your videos are apart of a select group I'm always excited for 😊

[@TrevorDGreat_]

For real hes been theough a lot especially recently but he still manages to put out almost daily vids for us

[@leopard_chan]

"That's a scary tank. I bet he was thinking the same." I love that.

[@NATOthunder]

“But that thing....” *Looks at Leopard* “It scares me”

[@hasanahmed5897]

It does

[@just_ardhi9455]

I just love seeing IS 3 player that angling their hull but completely exposing their ufp that become a flat surface. You can only angling when you have a cover to hide your ufp because your frontal armor is already angled.

[@vgames1543]

Ufp?

[@khameriengibson1975]

@@vgames1543 upper front plate

[@vgames1543]

@@khameriengibson1975 ooh, alright. Thanks :)

[@The-Red-Baron]

I was thinking about TF2 and this is the first thing I see! Awesome

[@raptorjesus3894]

Play the IS-4M next, it's slower, with theoretically thicker armor, but HEATFS and APDS doesn't care. It's painful.

[@pumba9393]

I remember how much I despised that thing in the stock grind, but once I spaded it, it actually became a pretty good tank

[@jake__3239]

Panthers really are a "minor inconvenience" in this thing lmao :-) Love the is3, love the vid, get better soon!

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Always fun to see a Panther player trying to reverse

[@Budguy68]

Ive been playing this tank along with the IS6 and T44 7.0 version. Its less frustrating than other nations and very forgiving when taking shots.

[@g3tphukcedgoogl3]

Your videos always get me in the mood for some WT. Thanks Odd.

[@stinkyrat3560]

You know, I was feeling tired, watching Phly’s video, then I see odd uploaded A extra 20-30 minutes of staying up never hurts, keep up the great work odd!❤️

[@itzmrman3574]

This tank can be fun at 7.0 and especially at a down tier, until you get bumped up to 8.0 where almost everything has heat and apds

[@MrJohnnyJW]

Hope your okay Odd, I had similar heart issues a few years ago and they stuck a wire into my heart and burned out some not ideal bits. I hope they do not have to do anything as drastic for you.

[@YourBasicPatriot]

Daily uploads on point! Can you please play the ARL44 (ACL)

[@unfundeddeej7361]

Thanks for the upload odd hope you feel better

[@gazzkeun7004]

Lol this tank invincible at low tier, except getting bombed by suck revenger

[@evilpenguin1200]

thank you for putting these out

[@manx5490]

I always learn a lot watching your videos. Hope you feel better soon!

[@barondemontesquieu6111]

Feel better homie great video !!!!

[@josephb2280]

5:13 I’ve noticed sometimes if it looks super dark, go to the menu, click on options, then close the menu and it will brighten back up I don’t know how or why that works but I discovered it on accident. It doesn’t always work but it is 100% noticeable difference when it does

[@padd.240]

These videos just cheer me up so much, love the content as always Odd !

[@S4B3R117]

Love the CAS footage! Thanks for all the videos, bub

[@WaywardAdventurer]

Those tanks had tank families! Thanks for pushing through not feeling good and putting out a great vid!

[@apersondoingthings5689]

Love the content. Keep it up.

[@Noonespecial237]

Another great vid brother

[@ExcavationNation]

❤thank you made my night!

[@funmangamingthree4491]

Love the video and keep it up

[@mibraheem2263]

Take care of yourself odd your health matters above everything

[@rainstone8762]

Another good morning watching Odd :D

[@donttrustabroom]

Another nice video my dude

[@TheXeno05]

So good to see my notifications with a OddBawz video daily! You da man!

[@justinbabel1830]

Keep it up dude!!

[@youraveragebloodmarine8813]

I love hearing German mains complain that their guns can’t go through the front of this tank as if it wasn’t fucking designed to do that lmao

[@drewypooy25]

Fortunately, gaijin mainly uses stats as balancing which isn’t good at all but at the same time if it was all community input for balancing then stuff like the 2h would be at like 6.0

[@V-V1875-h]

Sadly the other 7.0 heavies are squishy as hell, like the Americans, the IS3 has no real weakspot outside of HEATFS

[@skdKitsune]

Kinda like the Tiger II and Maus. Yet here we are.

[@shaggings]

@@V-V1875-h only the shot trap but it's RNG based so...not really a weakspot.

[@V-V1875-h]

@@shaggings meanwhile on T29 or t34 you just shoot anywhere and kill it

[@derloweausmitternacht4136]

Sadly its nighttime here so I'll watch this tomorrow, but I'll comment now so others can see what an amazing KZbinr you are, love ya Odd I will watch this in the morning ❤

[@E_Bro]

First video I saw of you and I must say nice job :D Really entertaining! Got a new fan

[@KrinxGaming]

Thank you for the vids

[@duke0salt717]

I wasn't sure I should spade the IS3 until I saw this video. I seams like a good tank in the right situations,a monster in a downtier which might not be so uncommon since 6.7 is such a common br for most nations and if you get an uptier the T 44 100 will work great

[@arturocendejas6538]

Thanks Odd, as always

[@Ruke2007]

Great Vid!

[@45CaliberCure]

Fun video. Thanks, as always, Odd.

[@mikelantz8085]

hope you get better soon man

[@tdf1137]

Hope things get better soon for you Odd

[@charlesdarienzo6686]

Thanks for another video, m8

[@shmoo75]

Hope you're feeling better soon Oddbawz

[@jayklink851]

Monty sharted his pants when the Is3s rolled through the Victory parade.

[@destroyerarmor2846]

Patton had the right idea though

[@jayklink851]

@@destroyerarmor2846 Yeah, our allies (Russia and China) became our greatest adversaries while Japan and Germany became our close allies. Funny how that works lol

[@scorpionevo880]

Yay new odd video on my birthday!

[@mortmortannon6640]

Nice goodie for a rainy day! Hope you got some rest, Odd.

[@thetruthshallsetyoufreejoh8859]

Hay Odd takes things easy my man, nay stressin oot aboot the vid's

[@roberthughes2509]

Odd i hope you feel better my dude

[@terrystearns1196]

Hope you get to feeling better... Live the Video's

[@WigglyWings]

Nothing better than Odds video with morning tea.

[@callmekordl]

The IS3 is completely under rated I love that thing

[@goomba0072]

its 5am, have been learning Sweden the whole night and i should get some rest but i don't want to miss this video out

[@Konkorolp]

Great Video as always :), is there a chance we might be getting a Top Tier video sometimes soon? 2a6 or T80Bvm?

[@patrikolovson3327]

Hope u feel better soon

[@andrewgreh9527]

Music in your MOVIES gets the additional like! TY!

[@algodonada693]

hey odd! The is3 actually have seen action in the six day war

[@ericgomez866]

Hope you feel better

[@pauntum]

Yes! The IS-3, I've been waiting!

[@Mpeti123]

I have no idea how OddBawZ has enough luck to have a barrel or a track :D My experience with russian heavies is once you shoot you can say goodbye to your tank, unless you have a chance to traverse back in time. And i have no idea why some players are aiming at the is3 front plate with conventional rounds.

[@mcnuffin1208]

They are likely taking chance shots at the barrel. They have no other option, as heavies like this are in a weird spot balance wise. Conventional rounds are next to useless from the front, and any vehicle with HEAT or darts will negate the armor entirely. Best option if you have Conventional rounds is to hail Mary the barrel and hopefully force him back to repair

[@ppchumanoid1289]

Get well man💪

[@tarikdertli2481]

Protector of Mother land Glorious Heavy Steel Armoured Potato Is-3 ORAHHHHHH!!!

[@verstappen9937]

How are you facing so many king tigers😂 Whenever i play the IS3 it’s just leopards and BMP1s and just general HEATFS

[@grikkajunior]

He plays a lot of matches and only picks the good ones

[@jimjames4875]

Hey mate love your work. PS play the puma

[@michaelneufeld9479]

I don't play the game myself because of time but I do really enjoy the content. Keep it up

[@campbellwalker6378]

I struggle playing the game regularly, Odd makes for the rest of the time. 😅

[@silasknie9326]

„Terribly not ideal“ - OddBawZ 2021 You made my day again :D

[@blu5021]

Hey Odd, i hope you get better- also, can you play the American M-41?

[@boisq97]

yep, this thing didnt see any battle (during ww2), it was basically only used in the victory parade, it looked scary and intimidating, but it had so many problems

[@PinkDad]

It saw action in the 6 day war iirc

[@boisq97]

@@PinkDad yes, and the majority of them were destroyed

[@g.williams2047]

Lower glacias plate shots on this thing are the juiciest shots ever.

[@danielross7983]

Great CAS! Stay healthy...

[@boedhisenior5361]

Any else remember a year or 2 ago when the devs said they had a whole new weather system with dynamic in game weather and they used the example "start raining at the beginning of the game then by the end it's sunny" well I do and I haven't seen it yet

[@Mpeti123]

I have seen it once, it was a beautiful surprise when i tried to cross an open field with my side armour and the rainy weather changed in a split second and i got clubbed back to the hangar, it was almost fun.

[@ShroomLab]

The first Is I fell in love with. Only problem, I wanna play it myself now, sorry odd

[@CluelessGuyAXI]

Glorious stalinium!! Making Heavy proud! You get a sandwich nomnomnom

[@tensa.02]

the panther shield was nice ngl

[@shoesbutsockless]

there are lots of vehicles that are hard to pen frontally at their BR. just track, barrel and go round to their side. works on the IS-3 too. Tiger II can pen it from the front, but you have to aim for the weakspot, which is about as big as an mg port.

[@totsiebaquiran10]

Fact: The Is-3 did fought in Ww2 since the European war ended they were transported to the Far East and fought in the Soviet invasion of Manchuria but there is little evidence of them fighting in Manchuria since there’s only few of them

[@stuckauto9870]

I got my first nuke in the IS-3 just a few days ago. Thing is a BEAST!

[@fatcontrollerproductions9910]

Best I’ve gotten is 7 kills in the obj 906, I play the is-3 but it’s barely got parts and fpe so I can’t say for sure.

[@SleepyBoyo]

Ah yes Heavy Fav STALINIUM Tank, The Legendary IS-3

[@samtandy7030]

frying pan tank letsgooo lov the vids man

[@Nimori]

I love how everyone dies in the kill cam before APHE detonates.

[@michaelbeale559]

It's because it's overpressures

[@nats4790]

If you look the smoke in b at 19:18,it looks like a smiling face

[@treefittyfoh1562]

SU 9 in a video? It was actually the SU 9 instead of the Premium SU 11. That alone is amazing. Rare footage of a plane that gets a battle rating that is to high because it looks like another plane, the SU 11, that itself looks similar to a couple of planes that it outperforms. Thank you for playing the forgotten SU 9.

[@maxshell9465]

No more year 12 means I can watch Oddbawz videos as soon as they're uploaded!

[@bugbuster8598]

Heavy: *"Is nice."*

[@adoljitler69]

rip full uptiers even phly would be jealous

[@noahsawesomevids422]

Awesome 😎

[@mjc2094]

OddBawZ to the top of the algorithm!

[@J-Kabar]

Released just in time for my nightly toilet visits

[@themongol1693]

I am heavy weapons guy, and this *122mm gun* is my weapon, she fires 25kg custom cartridges with over 240 grams of TNT equivalent at 3 rounds per minute.

[@nowaaaay7130]

The areas where the pike nose of the is 3 meet can be pend by even a Pershing I use that to flank them

[@RubyFox_YT]

good talking with you : )

[@DutchHistoryGuy]

Hé odd,the is 3 was used by the egyptian army during the 6 day war. It was better at taking hits then anything else due too the massive amount of problems it had

[@henrikolsnes4220]

Epic, comrade!

[@07christianoj20]

I almost never saw this thing with Tiger 2 H But the Obj 120 is everywhere

[@LMDieselandPerformance]

Let’s go Odd

[@nicojokelin5547]

My is3 gameplays 90% time reparing the gun and the cannon breech and reloading after the repair is done and if the enemy hasnt pushed you yet you can go for a shot

[@gabornemes6932]

Man can you find a more hard working youtuber than Odd?

[@I_hunt_lolis]

10:29 "Who are you? A LATE tank" :D

[@I_hunt_lolis]

Also a "Billdog" XDXDXD Sorry can't help myself xD

[@KBDFProductions]

Get well soon! And take your darn like!