How Bad Was The IS-3?

Since I couldn't stop talking about how great the Soviet IS-2 heavy tank was, I figured I would balance it out by talking about its less auspicious successor, the IS-3. The IS-3 terrified the Western Allies when it appeared in the Berlin victory parade, but while impressive on the outside, it was plagued with a number of issues that saw its production cut short. Check the channel "About" section for the link to the creator of my profile picture. Sources: Tankograd: The Formation of a Soviet Company Town: Cheliabinsk, 1900s-1950s - L. Samuelson IS-3 Heavy Tank, Technical Description and Manual - Russian Motor Books The IS Tanks IS-1, IS-2, IS-3 - Mikhail Baryatinskiy Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants - James Kinnear, ‎Stephen Sewell IS-3 Stalin Heavy Tank - Steven Zaloga Armor, Volume 111, Issue 4 Armor, Volumes 106-107 Songs used (in order from first to last): Subnautica - Into the Unknown Halo 3: ODST - Rain (Deference for Darkness) Sound mods: Epic Thunder (Pre-release) Gunner HEAT PC Crew Voices Mod (Personal, go play the game: https://gunnerheatpc.com/ ) Sponsor: https://apexgamingpcs.com/pages/spook... Second channel:    / @spookstoon   Patreon:   / spookston   Twitter:   / spookston   Reddit: /u/spookston Discord: See my Patreon page. Twitch:   / spookstonwt   Steam: https://goo.gl/BYQjC9 #warthunder​​​​​​​​​​​​ #tanks​​​​​​​​​​​​ #tankhistory