ITALERI Josef Stalin JS-2In February 1943, to replace the now outdated KV tanks, the first prototype models of heavy tanks intended to equip the armoured units of the Red Army were produced. The most notable of the tanks developed to counter the new and heavily armoured German vehicles, such as the Tiger and the Panther, was the Joseph Stalin JS 2. Armed with the powerful 122 mm cannon installed in the centrally mounted turret, it was characterized by a cast steel hull, heavy