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T-10M Heavy Tank: The Soviet Union’s Steel Hammer

Key point: The T-10 was hard to kill and it performed well. However, over the years it would be outclassed by high-tech main battle tanks. The T-10 is one of the longest lasting tank designs in the ...
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Why Did Stalin’s T-10M Heavy Tank Stick Around for So Long?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: That gun would go on to be a hallmark of the IS series, arming the later IS-3, IS-4, and eventually, the IS-8, which would be adopted as the IS-10. Following Stalin’s ...