Kliment Voroshilov Heavy Tank KV-1 ( Gespenst / Ghost )

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The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks are 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 KV tanks were known for their heavy armour protection during the early stages of the war, especially during the first year of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In certain situations, even a single KV-1 or KV-2 supported by infantry could halt German formations. The German Wehrmacht at that time rarely deployed its tanks against KVs, as their own armament was too poor to deal with the "Russischer Koloss" – "Russian Colossus". The KV tanks were practically immune to the 3.7 cm KwK 36 and howitzer-like, short-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 37 guns mounted, respectively, on the early Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks fielded by the invading German forces. Until the Germans developed more effective guns, the KV-1 was invulnerable to almost any German weapon except the 8.8 cm Flak gun. For this reason, the Germans called the KV-1 the Gespenst – the Ghost. Later in the war, the KV series became a base for the development of the IS (Iosif Stalin) series of tanks and self-propelled guns.
Models: KV-0 - Prototype tank for KV-1. It was armed with 2 guns, 76mm and 45mm gun; KV-1 Model 1939 – First production models, these tanks were prone to frequent breakdowns, but were highly resistant to anti-tank weapons during the Winter War. Armed with the 76 mm L-11 tank gun, recognizable due to a recuperator above a barrel. Most tanks were lacking the hull machine gun, eariler ones also had cast turret (different from one used on 1941/42 models). 141 were built; KV-1 Model 1940 (German designation: KV-1A) – Used the F-32 76 mm gun and a new mantlet. The main production model by the time of the German invasion; KV-1 Model 1940 s ekranami ("with screens") or KV-1E – with additional bolted-on appliqué armour and F-32 gun; KV-1 Model 1941 (German designation: KV-1B) – Up-armoured with 25–35 mm (0.98–1.38 in) added to the turret, hull front and sides. Later tanks had cast turrets. This tank was armed with the longer-barreled ZiS-5 tank gun; KV-1 Model 1942 (German designation: KV-1C) – Fully cast turret with thicker armour, again up-armoured, using an improved engine and the 76 mm ZiS-5 tank gun; KV-1S – A variant with higher speed, but thinner armour. A new, smaller, cast turret and redesigned rear hull with a new planetary transmission. 1370 built.

КВ-1 (названный в честь Климента Ворошилова, как и остальные танки серии КВ) — советский тяжёлый танк времён Великой Отечественной войны. Обычно называется просто «КВ»: танк создавался под этим именем, и лишь позже, после появления танка КВ-2, КВ первого образца ретроспективно получил цифровой индекс. Выпускался с августа 1939 года по август 1942 года. Принимал участие в войне с Финляндией и Великой Отечественной войне. В начале войны у склонных к мистицизму немцев танк КВ-1 получил прозвище «Gespenst» (в переводе с нем. — «призрак»), поскольку снаряды стандартной 37-мм противотанковой пушки вермахта чаще всего не оставляли на его броне даже вмятин.
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