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.

2014年6月30日 · The Soviet KV-1 was the standard WW2 Soviet heavy tank, with tremendous armor and decent firepower.

2022年11月24日 · The KV-1 was a true heavy tank, one of only two in production at the start of the Second World War – the other being the French Char B1. It was simply known as the “KV” at first, and only after the procurement of the KV-2 did it receive a retrospective production number, with the name becoming KV-1.

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.

The Soviet KV-1 was the standard WW2 Soviet heavy tank, with tremendous armor and decent firepower, a bad surprise for the Wehrmacht in July 1941.

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 […]

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.

The KV-1 Heavy Tank was a heavy tank used by the Soviet Union during World War II, with the KV-1E being the most widely used variant. The KV-1 used the 76.2 mm F-34 as its main gun, while also utilizing three DTM 7.62 mm machine guns.

2024年1月20日 · Few vehicles have ever defined this concept quite like the KV-1. Let's see how this awe-inspiring machine was developed, and explore its impact in combat.

The swan song for the KV-1 was sung when the Germans put their Tiger I heavy tank into service in 1942, much more powerful than its Soviet counterpart.