Iosif Stalin Tank - Operators

Operators

China

• People's Liberation Army: IS-2s operated during the Korean War and in concrete bunkers along the Sino-Soviet border

Cuba

• Cuban Army: Mainly IS-2 turrets in coastal pillboxes

Egypt

• Egyptian Army: Operated IS-3 from 1956-1967

Israel

• IDF: Captured from Egypt in 1967

North Korea

• Korean People's Army: Very few IS-2s used in the Korean War

Poland

• Polish Land Forces: Approximately 71 IS-2s used in combat between 1944-1945. 180 IS-2s survived as of 1955, and remained in service until the 1960s; some later were converted to armoured recovery vehicles. Two IS-3s were bought in 1946 for trials only.

Romania

• Romanian Land Forces: About 5 IS-3s

South Ossetia

• South Ossetian Army: Operated some IS-2s, IS-3s and T-10s until 1995

USSR

• Red Army: Heavy Breakthrough Tank from 1944-1945
• Soviet Army: Phased out of service in the early 1970s