Tango01  | 24 Mar 2020 9:58 p.m. PST |
Nice pics… link
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| ZULUPAUL | 25 Mar 2020 3:01 a.m. PST |
I always thought that the KV-2 was the strangest looking tank. |
| Cuprum2 | 25 Mar 2020 3:44 a.m. PST |
A tank specially designed to storm and break through concrete fortifications. It appeared as a desire to overcome the problems encountered during the storming of the Finnish Mannerheim Line. In fact, this is a self-propelled assault gun, but equipped with a rotating turret. |
| 4th Cuirassier | 25 Mar 2020 5:45 a.m. PST |
Completely unrelated comment but it is very noticeable in these pictures how thin real tanks tracks are compared to the "rubber band" types on 1/76 and 1/72 kits. |
| skipper John | 25 Mar 2020 7:57 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 25 Mar 2020 11:41 a.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 25 Mar 2020 11:53 a.m. PST |
Word is on a incline the turret can't be rotated, but you have to appreciate the pure size of that monster. |
| Marc33594 | 26 Mar 2020 6:16 a.m. PST |
It also has been widely reported that firing the gun with the turret over 15 degrees off from straight on had a tendency to unseat the turret. |
| 4th Cuirassier | 26 Mar 2020 9:21 a.m. PST |
It looks exactly like what a kid would draw if you told a kid to draw a tank. |
| Lee494 | 26 Mar 2020 9:36 a.m. PST |
Poke all the fun you want but if you were in a German PzKw III and got hit with one of its shells, armor piercing or not, it HURT. Cheers! |
| Cuprum2 | 26 Mar 2020 7:12 p.m. PST |
With all the shortcomings of this tank, there was nothing like that at that moment. To destroy it was extremely problematic and the main losses of the KV-2 were not combat (tanks were abandoned or destroyed by their crews during the retreat, as a result of lack of fuel, breakdowns or stuck). |
| Tango01 | 27 Mar 2020 9:01 p.m. PST |
Some KV 1 pics…in german hands…
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| Tango01 | 28 Mar 2020 8:52 p.m. PST |
Heavy tank KV-2… link Amicalement
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opens a box of dirt roads with shellholes and tread marks on them.