I can't believe no one has suggested those machine guns were used to discourage enemies from climbing the tank. Many Soviet tanks used to have a machine gun on the back of their turrets for this reason.

It must had been funny if they tried to use all 4 external machine guns at the same time. The driver would be rocking the tank back and forth trying to spray rounds in as well as suddenly breaking and accelerating trying to get the elevation correct, while the gunner and commanders try to move the turret arguing about where the shots are going as they try to look though the periscopes while the tank is bouncing around, haha.

perhaps rear facing mgs are meant to shoot conscripts who arent advancing enthusiastically enough.

The music: Dowdowdowdowdow diddidderdearderderder. Repeat 1,000 times.

Wow that machine gun on the turret looks even more ridiculous IRL... But please... the IS 7 needs its propeller hat back. Its not a IS 7 without it.

The machine guns was only used to keep enemy soldiers away from the tank, a common practice by soldiers from any army was to throw grenades or explosives into a hatch to kill the crew or fire RPGs at it since the tank cannot engage any threat that was close to it with its main gun.

in russia we make museum to store tanks, but we do not make any lights. when camara crew come bring own lights!.

From the front, the IS-7 looks like a Storm Troopers Helmet.

Incredible just how ahead of its time the IS7 was.

"In the spirit of more Dakka..." waitwhut? a WH40K reference?

He said "MORE DAKKA!!" He's into 40 k the legend ...:)

It does look like a bit of a beast

I don't play WoT, but I really like the design of the IS-7 :) It's a shame it was never used.

Also, did anyone else catch that right after he said "More dakka", he said "metal boxes" XD

The rear-facing machine guns might've been for keeping infantry from climbing onto the tank like those turret rear machine guns other russian heavy tanks had but with twice as much firepower.

"We need more room for vodka, Glorious Stalin." "THEN MAKE EVERYTHING WITHIN THE TURRET AND HULL VODKA!" "But where are we going to put the machine guns?!" True story.

Fun fact the reason the is7 wasn’t really produced was because it weighed 65 tons and back then they had a weight limit for a tank and the is7 passed that limit by almost 10 tons

The Rear mounted guns on the turret could probably be used to prevent enemy infantry from getting up on the rear of the tank. Since turning the turret and Shooting them would be an easy way to clearing any infantry trying to climb ontop of the tank.

Very informative and this guy is really funny.

do the t95 please, I need to look the inside of that monster

"In the spirit of more dakka", now you're speaking my langage XD

I remember watching this when it came out, in a day this episode turns 5 years old, I feel old

I saw one of these Stalin 3's take 7 or 8 rounds of 105mm ap rounds on the front glacis and the turret. They bounced off! This tank was designed in the mid 1940'S! Who else but the Russians!

love it "somewhere over there"

I never knew the IS-7 existed....

The best tank ever produced!!!!

I suspect the designing went like this: after research, the team presented Stalin with a supremely effective tank-killer, capable of defeating any tank on the planet. He- a novice with overwhelming power- asked why a tank-killer had no machineguns. The designers then looked at each other... "Okay... You're the Boss..."

Big, bad & Beautiful! I just love the IS-7.

YES! Thank you Chieftain for doing this! I was so looking forward to this tank!

Oh cool a warhammer 40k reference 7:30

Thanks Chief. Can't wait to see inside the beast!

"In the spirit of More Dakka..." I love you, Chieftain.

Is it me or the lower plate of the IS7 looks incredibly armored and we'll angled. How is it a weak spot Wargaming?

Heard him say "more dakka", bumped this up from a like to a fav.

The IS 7 is the most tank looking tank to have ever been developed

These Chieftain's hatch videos are awesome. Just keep them coming, there are plenty of AFV's in museums around the world that you can review after everything at Kubinka is done =)

MORE DAKKA!

MOAR DAKKA!!

I could never get tired of watching this Inside the Hatch.

YES BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

Chieftain + IS-7 review? O'BOY! :D

Russian tonk no need fuel. Russian tonk have vodka

Look at the SWAG is-7 Lit🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

A beast of a tank irl . Thanks for the review.

The IS is the most tank looking tank to have ever tanked

MOAR DAKKA. Best line ever.

I love the game, but what I'm irritating of are the enemy tank, that when you try to reposition your tank when you are engaging the enemy at a fire fight, then another enemy destroyer suddenly appear in front of you and you were surprised for big hit and your knock out, it's unfairly matter, while your monitoring your mini map it was not there.

i need inside IS7 ep 2 >,< i have been checking the channel every day like a little boy on xmas haha

I am Convinced by this tank and the BMP3 that the Russians have from time to time Outsourced armored vehicle design to Games Workshop.

I wonder what would happen if it was completed before the war and has produced 2000 of them

Yes!!! An IS-7 review, yay thanks!!!!!!

More Dakka! Love the 40k reference

The back machine guns were a attempt to keep tank killing infantry squads from climbing on the tank from behind and destroying it. The kv1 also had a machine gun in the back of the turret I believe. The Japanese equipped some of their tanks with back firing machine guns too. Seriously you were not aware of this chief ? The German Porsche Elephant is a good example of what happens when you have no secondary armament. It was hunted like a dog by Russian infantry when the Germans attempted to use it as a primary break through tank at Kursk. Were all these machine guns needed on this tank? Certainly not but more is better then none or just one in the turret. There were many instances of german tank drivers having to "hose down" the back sides of their own lead panzers with their front machine guns. Even HE was used fired on the back of their own tanks when they ran out of MG/a to drive off Russian tank hunter squads jumping on the back of lead element armor. I imagine this was a real worry to the designers that's why all the machine guns. Oh and one more thing. The did a pretty wise thing IMO about NOT cutting into the front plate of this tank for a machine gun port that would certainly weaken it's armor. It would have been better to fix a remote machine gun for the driver IMO.

We need more machine guns!!!! We MUST beat the M3-lee with our machine gun count

Chief I think that those fixed machine gun positions were basically defensive measures. If you notice the forward, fixed position MGs are located towards the rear, so as to cover the entire side length of the tank against Infantry.. who are trying to possibly climb up onto the tank or place explosives on it etc. I do not believe that they were intended for medium or long range usage.

Finally IS-7. My Xmas gift!

"Yak tigr" Dat accent tho

Hooray more Inside the Chieftain's Hatch!

You guys are awesome.keep up the good updates for world of tanks blitz. :-)

1:56 "The mantlet, about 35" okk that's nice "about 35 cm" wait what😳

Obsolete by today's standards, it was still one hell of a tank. Russians truely know how to build tanks.

Haha best video yet! I loved it! :P

Awesome Video as always.

"more daakaa" 😂 i love it...

Stronk russian engineering! :)

Y’all need to make a video on the only SU-100Y

You guys do a great job and your tank talk is very interesting. Thanks for producing in English so we can focus on the subject matter, not text.

Why is the barrel lifted? Is it to stop people from walking into it? What about during a parade? For driver?

so lower plate is only 12cm... interesting

One of the most advanced tanks there are for the era. However I feel the centurion with proper apfsds would penetrate it

i have w8ed a LONG time for this

I'm shaking my head wondering what could be dumber than hull mounted external machineguns. Then Chieftain points out the rear-firing external machineguns.

Gdzie są napisy po Polsku co?

my favorite tank ever.

Just love it when he talks about driver operated mgs :'D

Imagine how much more watchable this series would be without that annoying rock dirge playing continuously in the background.

in the spirit of More Dakka!

Dosen't matter what kind tank, but love to see how Chieftain to explain it GJ WG

It's How he manage to Keep his cool. 4:14

Well protected..until you accidentally angle that pike nose and a Chaffe puts a round through your upper glacis.

What is stowage

I love this guy!

If this tank comes out for WT it'll probably be a premium and that Lower frontal glacias and the cupola is going to be the last nail in the coffin from the Cheat-FS spam.

Cmon show us some German tanks which were in actually in service like the Panther, a Panzer 4, the Stug or something like that! Not the Maus or the Pz.Sfl V!

Good Video as allways. Like you waaaay more than the Challenger :p

Beautiful

vote IS-7 for the tank with the most dakka

No offence but look at his upper lip when he talks...lol XD

What about Part 2?! We really want to see the insides of the bloody thing!

I got the idea of the driver operated mg's to be used , when enemy is trying to run up to the tank and throw molotov cocktail or some magnetic shaped charge etc. on the tank.. the driver could fire all mg's at once, while turning the tanks on spot as fast as it can rotate 360's .. it would spit out on 4 mg's + if gunner decides to use his aswell. .. One could think that the opposing force would hit the dirt and try to hunker for cover instead of running on tank to plant their explosives etc.. At least i would stop on my tracks and think something else or try later again.

Im here cuz of that gay ass summer event

Israeli's love machine guns they put them on everything? 5:16 ??? as an Israeli i have no idea what you talk about... still nice video

8:35 THIS gun only to (in the museum) show, however orginally it can be lowered and can be controlled without going to top of the tank, however the is-7 nearly unfinished or had break down issues. Mark my words

I imagine that sweet little guitar rift plays where ever the chieftain starts talking about tanks

When he showed the is-7 tracks front of her was a obj.277(her means the IS-7)

Awesome. thanks

THE AMOUNT OF STICK WELDING That was done in the front portion is agregeous to say the very least

Careful with them elbows mate! Thanks for the vid!

Can't believe you've omitted 3 additional machine guns. In the mantlet a single 14,5mm and two SGS's left and right.