Vehicle type JS-3 Current location Musée Royal de l'Armée, Brussels, Belgium Condition good - but rusty History - Links Front view: <http://tanksww2f.chollie.co.uk/files/Brussels/P8260102.JPG> <http://tanksww2f.chollie.co.uk/files/Brussels/P8260107.JPG> Rear view: <http://tanksww2f.chollie.co.uk/files/Brussels/P8260155.JPG> Close-up of the rear external fuel tanks: <http://tanksww2f.chollie.co.uk/files/Brussels/P8260153.JPG> <http://tanksww2f.chollie.co.uk/files/Brussels/P8260154.JPG> Photographs taken in August 2006
I, too, have been to this museum, where I spent much time admiring the JS3. Ballistically, it is a very fine design, although the curved lower mantlet must have worried crew sitting in the front compartment, of course. I read recently (possibly in this Forum) that it is unlikely that JS3's actually saw service in WW2, other than perhaps against the Japanese. Can anyone confirm/deny this ?