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?{{TankData|Tank=IS-7+#REDIRECT[[Tank:R45_IS-7]]
?|InTheGame_pros=+
?* Amazing all-round protection, especially front turret - amazing hulldown+
?* Good alpha damage+
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?* Low sustained damage output+
?* Poor accuracy, aim time and dispersion+
?* Obvious lower glacis plate weakspot, hard to hull down due to mediocre gun depression+
?* Second lowest HP pool of tier 10 heavy tanks+
?* Extraordinarily high terrain resistance making the top speed only achievable downhill+
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?|InTheGame_performance=+
?It's fast (for a heavy) and delivers mediocre 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, in practice it seems to be 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 lessen the impact of its poor dispersion values. 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 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.+
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?However, these sloping plates also add a disadvantage: You cannot angle the frontal armour of IS-7 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. Or if your weak lower hull exposes to enemy fires, try to wiggle or shake it so that it's harder to penetrate. This can even sometime bounces tier X TD's shots. Once you mastered this tank and know how to hide its weaknesses well, it can be a very fearsome tank to your enemies, no kidding.+
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?|InTheGame_equipment=Vents, Tank Gun Rammer, Vertical Stabilizer+
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?|Gallery=+
?image:IS7-a.jpg{{!}}Front right+
?image:IS7-b.jpg{{!}}Front left+
?image:IS7-c.jpg{{!}}Rear right+
?image:IS7-d.jpg{{!}}Rear left+
?image:IS7game1.jpg{{!}}IS-7, Malinovka map+
?image:IS7game2.jpg{{!}}IS-7, MMurovanka map+
?image:Ingame_IS7-1.jpg{{!}}IS7, map Port+
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?|History=+
?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. +
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?Only three were built and it was the largest tank ever produced by the USSR. In spite of its weight, it was easy to drive due to numerous hydraulic assists. The loaders noted that the IS-7 was comfortable and that the autoloader was easy to use. Its armour was not only immune to the Jagdtiger's 12.8 cm L/55 PaK 44 but was even proof to its own 130mm. Due to the reasons unknown, most likely because of the political repression against Leningrad bosses in the same year, the tank never reached the production lines. The tank housed a crew of five. +
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?It must be noted that the Slostin gun was to be installed as its AA armament.+
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?|HistoricalGallery=+
?image:Is7 1.jpg{{!}}+
?image:Is7 2.jpg{{!}}+
?image:IS-7 3.jpg{{!}}+
?image:Is7 3.jpg{{!}}+
?image:IS-7 4.jpg{{!}}IS-7 Technical Drawing+
?image:Is7 gun.jpg{{!}}The main gun of the IS-7+
?image:Is7 loading.jpg{{!}}The interior of the IS-7's turret as it is today. This shows the automatic loading device.+
?image:Is7 loading2.jpg{{!}}The automatic loading mechanism for the IS-7+
?image:Is7 kubinka.jpg{{!}}The IS-7 as it sits today in Kubinka+
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?|Ref_references= +
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?* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lETgfCqa7ic '''Youtube''' ] RBS video review+
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?|Ref_links=+
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?* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iosif_Stalin_tank '''Iosef Stalin (IS) Series Heavy Tanks IS-1, IS-2, IS-3, IS-4, IS-6, IS-7'''] at wikipedia.+
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?|Sidebar_Camostop=6.9+
?|Sidebar_Camomove=3.4+
?|Sidebar_Camofire=1.1+
?|Sidebar_Passhard=1.247+
?|Sidebar_Passmed=1.726+
?|Sidebar_Passsoft=2.973+
?|Sidebar_DispTurret=0.077+
?|Sidebar_DispRecoil=3.836+
?|Sidebar_DispAccel=0.201+
?|Sidebar_DispTurning=0.201+
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