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SECTION 10 // ARMOR / VEHICLE PROFILEREF · IS-3
VIII
IS-3
USSR·
Heavy Tank·HT breakMass production of the vehicle started in May 1945. On September 7,1945, IS-3 tanks took part in the Allied Victory Parade through Berlin. A total of 1170 vehicles were manufactured by the end of 1946, when production was canceled. From 1948 through the late 1950s, the tanks underwent a number of modernization refits.
Configuration
Health
1,650
DPM
1,759
View range
370m
Speed
45km/h
Camo
24Poor
Mark of Excellence requirementsCombined dmg + assist · NA · 2026-07-12
3 marks · 95%
2,429
2 marks · 85%
1,936
1 mark · 65%
1,292
A-01 · ARMOR SCHEMA
Armor thicknessMeasured
Nominal plate thickness straight from the game client. Click any plate to highlight it on the 3D model and focus the camera on it.
Armor
20mm249mm
Hull
All 12 plates
Turret 2 of 2
All 15 plates
A-02 · SPECIFICATIONS
Specifications
Builds
Grade
Experimental
CrewShared perks
Field mods
Lv 0/6
Weaponry
- DPM
- 1,759
- Damage
- 390
- Penetration
- 225 mm
- … at 500m
- 204 mm
- Reload time
- 13.30 s
- Rate of fire
- 4.51/min
- Aim time
- 3.00 s
- Dispersion
- 0.400 m
- … moving
- 0.190
- … tank traverse
- 0.190
- … turret traverse
- 0.080
- … after firing
- 3.0
- Damage vs. modules
- 165
- Caliber
- 122.0 mm
- Shell velocity
- 1,007 m/s
- Max range
- 720 m
- Ammo capacity
- 28
- Potential damage
- 10,920
- Shell cost
- 1,025 cr
Mobility
- Top speed
- 45 km/h
- Reverse speed
- 15 km/h
- Power/weight
- 16.30 hp/t
- Tank traverse
- 36.0 °/s
- Turret traverse
- 26.0 °/s
- Effective top speed
- … hard
- 45.0 km/h
- … medium
- 45.0 km/h
- … soft
- 31.0 km/h
- Effective traverse
- … hard
- 36.0 °/s
- … medium
- 25.7 °/s
- … soft
- 17.1 °/s
- Gun elevation
- 23 °
- Gun depression
- 5 °
- Gun traverse range
- 360°
- Terrain resistance
- … hard
- 1.00
- … medium
- 1.40
- … soft
- 2.10
Everything Else
- Hull armor
- 110 / 90 / 60
- Turret armor
- 249 / 172 / 100
- Health
- 1,650
- Engine health
- 370
- … repaired
- 185
- Track health
- 220
- … repaired
- 165
- … repair time
- 6.86 s
- Ammo rack health
- 200
- … repaired
- 135
- Fuel tank health
- 175
- … repaired
- 70
- Total weight
- 49,090 kg
- Stationary camo
- 6.10 / 1.11%
- Moving camo
- 3.05 / 0.56%
- View range
- 370 m
- Fire chance
- 12%
- Tank cost
- 2,568,500 cr
Gun Constraints
360° traverse
Crew
CommanderRadio Operator
Gunner
Driver
Loader
A-03 · MODULE RESEARCH
Module research
Guns
VII
Stock
122 mm D-25T (IS-3)
VIII
44,000
122 mm BL-9 (IS-3)
Turrets
A-04 · SERVER PERFORMANCE
Server performance
Aggregate stats from NA players over the last 30d
Avg WN8
1401
Good
Avg WNX
1477
Good
Win rate
57.1%
Good
DPG
1186
Frags
0.71
Spots
1.43
Survival
28.6%
Dmg taken
1418
Hit rate
74.7%
Spot assist
503
Track assist
13
Defense
0.00
Avg XP
654
Aggregated from 5 tracked NA players · 14 battles. Coverage grows as more players are tracked.
MoE thresholds (combined dmg + assist)
65%1,292
85%1,936
95%2,429
Reach these combined damage (dealt + assist) values over a rolling window to earn marks of excellence.
A-05 · TOP OPERATORS
Top players
Highest performers in the IS-3 on NA
A-06 · VIDEO INTEL
Video reviews
Curated reviews, replays, and guides from veteran players
A-07 · SIMILAR HULLS
A-08 · CHANGELOG
Balance changelog
Patch-by-patch changes to this tank
- 2.0Sep 1, 2025
- ·Top forward speed38→457
- ·Dispersion during movement-9%
- ·Dispersion on hull traverse-9%
- ·Traverse speed27→336
- ·Mobility on hard terrain+9%
- ·Mobility on medium terrain+18%
- ·Mobility on soft terrain+16%
- ·Dispersion during movement-10%
