Ww2 Kv 2 Tank

Kv 2 was armed with the m 10 152 mm howitzer in a large slabsided turret.

Ww2 kv 2 tank. The kv 2 was a self propelled gun also classified as a heavy tank used by the soviet union during world war ii. This third new main battle tank was intended to replace the heavy tank t 35. As a result they were surprised when they met them in combat for the first time in june 1941. The hull was no different to that of a kv 1 but in order to fit the 152 mm 5 98 in l20 howitzer a box shaped 12 9 tonne turret was mounted.

Is was on this morning that a convoy from kampfgruppe raus moving captured soviets and wounded germans from the front line on the eastern side of the dubysa back towards raseiniai spotted a lone kv tank at a crossroads outside of the little village. This now made the vehicle stand 4 9 m 16 ft tall compared to the 3 9 m 12 8 ft height of the kv 1. Prior to the invasion of the soviet union during world war ii the german armed forces were not aware of two newly developed soviet tanks the t 34 and the kv. Der kw 2 russisch кв 2 benannt nach dem verteidigungsminister zur zeit der einführung der kw serie marschall kliment jefremowitsch woroschilow war ein schwerer sowjetischer panzer der im zweiten weltkrieg von 1941 bis 1942 zum einsatz kam.

In addition to the t 34 medium battle tank and the t 40 light tank the third tank of the new generation of russian combat vehicles was the kv tank at the beginning of world war ii. A kv 2 with a kv 1 in the background at a museum in moscow by the morning of june 24 th german forces controlled much of the area west of kaunas. An additional aa gun was mounted on the turret in later models. The kliment voroshilov kv tanks is a series of soviet heavy tanks named after the soviet defence commissar and politician kliment voroshilov which operated with the red army during world war ii.

The vehicle originated as a model built by brian fowler in 1995 by using parts from two tamiya kv 2 kits two tamiya kv 1e kits an aer t 38 an italeri bt 5 an italeri katyusha a zvezda t 60 and dragon tracks. Tank was named kv after kliment voroshilov defence commissar friend of stalin. Kv2 климент ворошилов кв 2 tank with commander s cupola of a panzer iii iv kliment voroshilov kv 2 kw 2 кв 2 russian heavy assault tank.