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While IS tanks were not needed to fight the tankettes of Japanese Kwantung Army in August 1945, the ISU-152 - which, contrary to popular belief, was more of an assault gun/howitzer type than a tank destroyer - was used in quite substantial numbers in Manchuria. David Glantz in his book https://www.amazon.pl/Glantz-Soviet-Strategic-Offensive-Manchuria/dp/041540861 writes, that among the 1,400 SPGs sent by the Soviets to Manchuria in 1945, there were about 200 ISU-152. There're even some pictures of the ISU-152s laden with soldiers crossing a river somewhere in Manchuria, although most rivers in Poland, Hungary and Germany look broadly similar https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/ne9e25/an_isu152_crossing_a_river_manchuria_august_1945/ https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-heavy-self-propelled-guns-crossing-a-river-in-manchuria-china-23250179.html My question is how long was the white IFF stripe along the casemate roof? Should it go to the back vertical wall or could it end somewhere earlier? The soldiers on the roof make both pictures blurry And one more question: the digits #159 seem much darker than #152 - has the number 152 been retouched for propaganda purposes, or have you seen any yellow tactical numbers on the Soviet AFV participating in the 1945 Operation August Storm? What's your opinion? Cheers Michael
