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KV-85 (Object 239) – A KV-1S with the 85 mm D-5T cannon in a new turret, with the ball mounted hull machine gun repositioned to the right of driver (now fixed mount) and the hole welded shut; 148 of these tanks were produced in the second half of 1943 until the spring of 1944 as a stopgap until the IS tank series entered production.
The KV tanks were usually assigned to the same units as the more numerous T-34 and, although they were much larger, their overall performance was quite similar; many sources discuss the impact of both types. The most common model of KV was the KV-1. It was in the Battle of Raseiniai where German forces encountered the Soviet KV for the first time.
Russian Tanks, 1900–1970: The Complete Illustrated History of Soviet Armoured Theory and Design, Harrisburg Penn.: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-1493-4. Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two, London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8
The KV-1S was a version of the KV-1 with lighter armour (making it faster) and a new turret (still with a 76 mm gun). KV-85 was a KV-1S fitted with an 85 mm gun in the same turret as the IS-1. After Voroshilov lost political favour, the new KV-13 model with the KV-85's turret and gun was renamed IS-1 after Joseph Stalin. It was soon upgraded to ...
Russian Medium Tank T-34/85: 1987-Rebox 35139: U.S. M4A3E2 "Jumbo" Assault tank: 1987-Rebox 35140: U.S. M60A3 105mm Gun Tank: 1988-35141: U.S. Modern Accessory Set: 1988-New tool 35142: Russian Tank KV-1B (Model 1940 w/Applique Armor) 1988-Rebox from kit 351xx with new parts 35143: Hummer with M242 Bushmaster: 1989-Rebox from kit 351xx with new ...
KV-1 model 1939 The KV-2 heavy artillery tank T-38 amphibious scout tank armed with 20 mm cannon One of the main competing designs of the T-35 tank was the SMK , which lowered the number of turrets from the T-35's five to two, mounting the same combination of 76.2 mm and 45 mm weapons.
A stopgap model built from a modified KV-1S hull mated to an Object 237(IS-1)'s turret and armed with the 85 mm D-5T. An alternate prototype designated KV-85G (for Grabin, who designed S-31 gun) or Object 238, which had 85 mm S-31 mounted in normal KV-1s tank existed but proved inferior to normal KV-85 and never reached production. [31] IS-85 ...
Production included the KV tank from 1941, T-34 tank from 1942, KV-85 tank and IS tanks from 1943, and T-34/85 tank and SU-85 self-propelled field gun from 1944 [1] [8] [9] By 1945 the plant had been awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class, the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Star, and other honours for its efforts in helping to defeat ...