During the nearly forty-eight-hour standoff, the KV-2 had survived eight 50mm direct hits. When most military history buffs think of Soviet tanks during World War II, chances are they think of the ...
From its origins in the late 1930s, the KV series redefined heavy tank warfare, with the KV-1 proving virtually impervious to ...
The KV-2 and KV-3 experiments pushed the limits of tank design, mounting massive guns and heavy armor, but often suffered from mechanical failures, impractical layouts, and the pressures of wartime ...
Key Point: The KV had potential but wasn’t used right. Morever, they were too tall and easy to spot. A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were ...