Until the German Tiger and Panther tanks were introduced on the Eastern Front, there wasn't much that could knock out these monsters. The 4 inch thick armour made it largely immune to the standard 37mm and 75 mm guns of the Germans at the time. A 152 mm howitzer was the main gun, backed up by 3 machine guns.
Main drawbacks were its lack of mobility and sheer weight. The program was cancelled after 1941 after less than 300 had been built.
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