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15mm and 28mm Fanatik17 Oct 2014 11:51 a.m. PST

I always liked this monster, in spite of its relatively high turret-to-hull size ratio.

Personal logo ColCampbell Supporting Member of TMP17 Oct 2014 12:20 p.m. PST

So have I. I've always wondered if there were certain firing attitude restrictions, such as "Don't fire to the uphill side of the tank because the recoil will roll it down a hill." grin That was what we were told back in 1973 at Armor Officer Basic Course during our time in the M-551 Sheridan. Of course it was much, much lighter than the KV-2.

Jim

Porkmann17 Oct 2014 12:37 p.m. PST

From what I have read they had to fire on a near flat surface.

Personal logo Mserafin Supporting Member of TMP17 Oct 2014 2:54 p.m. PST

From what I have read they had to fire on a near flat surface.

I'm not sure that's quite right. I think they could fire from a slope, but they couldn't turn the turret except on level ground.

Bizarrely, a unit of captured KV-2s was assigned to the still-born plan to capture Malta in 1942. I can't image how much fun it would have been to load one of these onto a landing barge.

Joes Shop Supporting Member of TMP17 Oct 2014 3:57 p.m. PST

Not my scale but nice model!

Marc33594 Supporting Member of TMP18 Oct 2014 5:37 a.m. PST

Reportedly if the main gun was fired with the turret rotated more than 15 degrees off center it had a tendency to unseat the turret.

Khusrau18 Oct 2014 11:36 p.m. PST

only issue is that there are only two rungs depicted on the turret side, and there should be three. Nice model though it needs patriotic slogans painted on.

Marc33594 Supporting Member of TMP19 Oct 2014 8:41 a.m. PST

Not necessarily
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Porkmann19 Oct 2014 10:31 a.m. PST

I should have said traverse rather than "fire".

Black Bull19 Oct 2014 11:34 a.m. PST

I believe the M40 (and pre-production tanks) had 3 rungs the M41 just the 2.

Khusrau20 Oct 2014 2:03 a.m. PST

There you go, learned something new. Thanks for that.

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