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Cross-country: 180 km (110 mi) [6] Maximum speed. 40 km/h (25 mph) The Kliment Voroshilov ( KV; Russian: Климент Ворошилов, КВ) tanks are a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov who operated with the Red Army during World War II. The KV tanks were known for ...
IS tank family. Turret side: 90 mm at 20° angle. The IS tanks ( Russian: ИС) were a series of heavy tanks developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II. The IS acronym is the anglicized initialism of Joseph Stalin ( Ио́сиф Ста́лин, Iosif Stalin ).
Maximum speed. 37 km/h (23 mph) The IS-2 ( Russian: ИС-2, sometimes romanized as JS-2[ note 1]) is a Soviet heavy tank, the second of the IS tank series named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied countries after the war.
By 22 June 1941, the Red Army deployed almost 1,000 T-34 and over 500 KV tanks, [1] concentrated in five [2] of their twenty-nine mechanized corps. By the end of December 1941, they had lost 2,300 T-34 and over 900 KV tanks, accounting for 15% of the 20,500 tanks lost that year.
A single KV-1 or KV-2 tank (accounts vary) advanced far behind the German lines after attacking a column of German supply trucks. The tank stopped on a road across soft ground and was engaged by four 50 mm anti-tank guns of the 6th Panzer Division's anti-tank battalion. The tank was hit several times but fired back and destroyed all four enemy ...
The ISU-152 had different versions, with changes in the gun (later versions), the number of hatches, or the hull (based on the hull of the IS-1, IS-2 or IS-2 model 1944 tanks). The IS-2 based versions had a thicker gun shield and larger fuel tank. Until May 1944, the main armament was the 152.4 mm ML-20 model 1937 gun-howitzer.
Acceleration from 0–32 km/h (0–20 mph) in 7.47 seconds (MT883 Ka-501) or 8.77 seconds (DV27K) K2 Black Panther ( Korean : K-2 흑표; Hanja : K-2 黑豹; RR : K-2 Heukpyo) is a South Korean main battle tank, designed by the Agency for Defense Development and manufactured by Hyundai Rotem.
The Type 69 was the first Chinese tank to be outfitted with a 100mm smoothbore gun capable of firing APFSDS rounds. It also had two-plane gun stabilization. With these upgrades the Type 69 was a much more battle-capable MBT than the Type 59, especially at night. It was also faster thanks to an upgraded engine.