Steve Wilcox -> IS-1s in the WWII campaign (11/18/2002 3:39:53 AM)
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Howdy, I've been playing the World War II campaign on the Eastern Front as the Germans, starting in Jan 44. It's now Feb 45 and I've encountered a lot of IS-1s so far. This seemed kinda weird. So I checked Steven Zaloga's Osprey New Vanguard book on the IS-2 and he says: "It is not clear if any IS-1 tanks were actually issued to combat units. In the event, it was decided to rebuild most of them as IS-2s, and at least 102 were reconfigured with the 122mm gun." Elsewhere in the book he says that: "A total of 67 IS-85s [the early name for the IS-1] were completed by the end of 1943, and 40 more at the beginning of 1944." So I would think encountering one would have been rare at best, and yet they seem real popular with the AI. The OOB editor gives their availability as Feb 44 to 49 which seems rather odd to me. I'm not complaining, it's easy enough to change, but I just thought I would share this info in case anyone is interested. :)
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