There is not a lot of material around about Object 279.
Unusually wikipedia seems the only source with detailed data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_279
I would say that the thing had about zero chances of being chosen for mass production under any circumstance.
By chance would you be interested in KV tanks?
There were a lot of designs based upon that tank which were put forward just before Barbarossa. I might manage to dig up some of them.