Initially known as 'Malen'kaya Bashenka' (little turret) and 'Bol'shaya Bashnya' (big turret), the 76-mm-armed tank was redesignated as the KV-1 heavy tank and the 152 mm howitzer one as KV-2 heavy artillery tank. KV tanks first faced the Germans in the Battle of Raseiniai, just after the start of Operation Barbarossa.

2014年6月30日 · KV-1 model 1942 (late production), Central front, early 1943. Slogan “Death for death”. The original factory green was modified due the passing of one winter and burning gasoline from an explosion and other chemicals.

A better gun could have effectively saved the KV-1, making something comparable to the last version of the Panzer IV or the Tiger. By 1943, Lieutenant-Colonel Kotin's technical bureau was split in two, a part being affected to studying a new stopgap heavy tank based on the KV-1, waiting for its replacement to come.

2022年11月24日 · The KV-1’s most prominent actions were in the early part of the Second World War, when the Wehrmacht invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. German forces were shocked by initial contact with Soviet armour early in the campaign, with the T-34 well armoured, very mobile and having adequate main armament to deal with the lighter and less well ...

2022年7月24日 · KV-1 (named after Kliment Voroshilov, like the rest of the tanks of the KV series) is a Soviet heavy tank of World War 2. Usually called simply “KV”: the tank was created under this name, and only later, after the appearance of the KV-2 tank, the KV of the first sample retrospectively received a digital index.

KV-1 - The Soviet Heavy Tank of WWII - Early Variants. The first comprehensive documentation on the series-produktion variants of the KV-1, their history, technology and combat use. - The heavy tank concept - The way to the prototypes - KV with small turret - Evacuation to the Ural - KV-1 Model 1939 - KV-1 Model 1940 F-32

Kliment Voroshilov KV-1, KW-1, КВ-1 russian heavy tank. The KV series were known for their extremely heavy armour protection during the early part of World War II (90 mm front armour). Tank was named KV after Kliment Voroshilov (Defence Commissar), friend of Stalin. KV-1 was produced in various versions:

On 14 Aug 1941, Lieutenant Zinoviy Kolobanov's five KV-1 heavy tanks laid in ambush for an oncoming German tank column near Leningrad, Russia; revealing only one tank at a time, the ambush knocked out 43 German tanks in about 30 minutes, while the Russian tanks were hit multiple times but none of the hits penetrated.

At the time of its introduction in 1940, the KV-1 was one of the most powerful tanks in the world, though it was eclipsed by the superlative performance of the T-34. While the two vehicles...

2025年1月1日 · The KV-1 early, it was based on the KV chassis and was in use from 1939. It was armed with 3 light machine guns. Its main armament consisted of a 76.2mm Gun M38 L/30.3 which could penetrate 84 mm of flat plate at 800 metres