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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 their heavy armour protection during the early stages of the war ...
The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) series of tanks, used in World War II, was named after him. Two towns were also named after him: Voroshilovsk in Donbas (now Alchevsk) Voroshilovgrad in Ukraine (now changed back to the historical Luhansk ) and Voroshilov in the Soviet Far East (now renamed Ussuriysk after the Ussuri river), as well as the General ...
The KV-4 (Object 224; Russian: КВ-4) was a proposed Soviet heavy break-through tank, developed during World War II as a part of the Kliment Voroshilov tank design series. Design history [ edit ]
The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks were a series of heavy tanks that had extremely heavy armour protection during the early part of World War II, especially during the first year of the German invasion. Although it was heavily armoured, larger guns and thicker armour introduced by the enemy made it less effective over time.
It was soon upgraded to a new turret with high-velocity 122 mm gun, and renamed IS-2, finally giving a slow, expensive heavy tank one clear superiority over the medium T-34. The IS-3 was an IS-2 with new, advanced hull and turret armour. It saw no combat in World War II. The KV-8 was a flamethrower tank.
This includes modified captured tanks. T-III (T-3) - captured Panzer III; T-IV (T-4) - captured Panzer IV; T-V (T-5) - captured Panther tank; SU-76i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 76mm S-1 gun on a tank destroyer configuration. SU-85i - captured Panzer III modified to mount an 85mm D-5S-85A gun on a tank destroyer configuration.
M3 Stuart (432) light tank used by America and Canada; Ram (2,993) regular tank not used in combat, specialist models used; Grizzly I (188) A modified version of the M4A1 Sherman tank license produced in Canada; Valentine (1,420) Valentine tanks produced in Canada. Most sent to the Soviet Union as Lend-Lease aid. Some were retained in Canada ...
The gun was in production from 1939 until 1946. It saw action in World War II (primarily with corps and RVGK artillery of the Red Army) and remained in service for a long time after the end of the war. Vehicle-mounted variants of the gun were fitted to the IS-2 and IS-3 tanks of the Iosif Stalin series of tanks and the ISU-122 self-propelled gun.