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KV-2 Volosovo
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KV-2 turret 2
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KV-2 turret
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KV-2 tank 85
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KV-2 tank 86
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KV-2 tank 87
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KV-2 tank 84
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KV-2 tank 79
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KV-2 tank 80
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KV-2 tank 78
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KV-2 tank
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KV-2 tank
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KV-2 tank
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KV-2 tank
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KV-2 tank 66
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KV-2 tank 57
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KV-2 tank 56
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KV-2 tank 54
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KV-2 tank 55
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KV-2 tank 50
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KV-2 tank 51
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KV-2 tank 52
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KV-2 tank 53
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KV-2 tank 48
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KV-2 tank 49
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Impact hole between first and secon return rollers
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KV-2 tank 46
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KV-2 tank 40
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KV-2 tank 38
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KV-2 tank 42
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KV-2 tank 44
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KV-2 tank 36
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KV-2 tank 30
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KV-2 tank 28
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KV-2 tank 26
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KV-2 tank 23
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KV-2 tank 20
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KV-2 tank 14
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KV-2 tank 16
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KV-2 tank 18
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KV-2 tank 45
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KV-2 tank 43
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KV-2 tank 41
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KV-2 tank 39
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KV-2 tank 37
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KV-2 tank 27
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KV-2 tank 29
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Tan with impact marks
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KV-2 tank 24
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KV-2 tank 21
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KV-2 tank 19
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KV-2 tank 17
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KV-2 tank 15
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KV-2 tank 12
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KV-2 tank 11
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KV-2 tank 8
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KV-2 tank 9
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KV-2 tank 10
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KV-2 tank 7
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Tank shunted off a road
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KV-2 tank
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KV-2 tank
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Sdkfz 260 Zolkva
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KV-2 Opel Blitz
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KV2 model 1941
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Tan with impact marks
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KV-2 Noworshew
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KV2 model 41 2
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KV2 mod 41
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KV2 Lida1941
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KV2 Kalininsky front 28 January 1942
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kv2 germany
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KV-2 jul41
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kv2 german
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KV2 EI1
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German Troops Inspect Captured Captured Russian KV2
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Captured KV-2 from 6 Reg, 3TDiv
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KV2 1941
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KV2 Berezhany 1941
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KV2 bialystok
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German KV-2 zBV 66 on the Baranovichi railway station
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German KV-2 tank zBV 66
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German KV-2 tank 64
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German KV-2 tank 61
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German KV-2 tank 59
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German KV-2 tank 33
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German KV-2 tank 32
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German KV-2 tank 31
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German KV-2 tank 25
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Tank transported on Schwere Platformwagen SSyms
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German KV-2 tank 13
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German KV-2 tank 3
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German KV-2 tank 2
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armored train with KV-2 T-34 turrets
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German KV-2 tank 1
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abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer rear
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Knocked out heavy assault tank KV-2 with numerous hits on turret
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abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer
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abandoned KV-2 tank
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Immobilized heavy assault tank KV-2 on road
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knocked out KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer
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knocked out KV-2 tank with 152 mm howitzer
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German Pz.Kpfw KV-2 754(r) tank beute panzer – Swastika and balkenkreuz on the rurret side
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KV-2 with german markings (12th Panzer Division; B = beute)
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German Pz.Kpfw KV-2 754(r) tank
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This KV2 was abandoned by its crew without any visible damage during Operation Barbarossa.
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abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank
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KV-2 tank and wehrmacht soldiers
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Heavy assault tank KV-2
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KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov tank
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abandoned KV-2 tank on road 1941
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KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer 2
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Heavy assault tank KV-2 1941
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abandoned KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov tank
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abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M 10 152 mm howitzer 2
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KV2 tank with markings: 12th Panzer division – side of the turret is used as German road sign
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Soviet heavy tank KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov
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Heavy assault tank KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov and german Wehrmacht cavalry
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Abandoned Kliment Voroshilov KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer front view.
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Abandoned KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov heavy tank 2
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captured soviet heavy tank KV-2
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Heavy assault tank KV-2
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Soviet WW2 heavy tank KV-2 with numerous hits on turret
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Destroyed Russian KV-2 Tank
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Russian KV-2 Tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction
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German KV2 tank – provisional winter camouflage
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KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 1
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KV2 with markings 12 Panzer division
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KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 2
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KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 5
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captured KV2 heavy tank
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German KV2 winter camouflage 2
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Early production heavy tank KV-2 (mod 1940). The gun’s recoil and recuperator cylinders were destroyed by internal explosion.
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KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 6
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KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 3
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Heavy tank KV-2 model 1941, Eastern Front 4
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KV-2 tank with early turret stuck in a muddy river bed. Lithuania June 1941, Operation Barbarossa.
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German KV2 with provisional winter camouflage
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KV2 tank 1941 6
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KV2 tank 1941 5
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KV2 tank 1941 8
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Kliment Voroshilov 2 tank
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KV2 tank 1941 2
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KV2 slipped off the road – rear view
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German soldiers inspecting KV2 tank
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German Panzerkampfwagen KV-2 754 (r)
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Soviet KV-2 tank suffered an internal explosion
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German soldiers examining knocked out KV2 tank 1941 6
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Abandoned russian KV 2 tank
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KV2 tank model 1941
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destroyed soviet KV-2 tank model 1941
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German soldiers examining knocked out KV2 tank 1941 4
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KV2 tank model 1941 1
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Tank KV2 in Berlin
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Tank KV2 eastern front 1941 photo
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Heavy tank KV2 captured by the Germans – Eastern Front 1941
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Tank KV2 slipped off the road – Eastern Front 1941
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Heavy soviet tank KV2 eastern front 1941, operation Barbarossa
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Tank KV2 eastern front 1941 Operation Barbarossa
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Tank KV2 captured by the Germans Eastern Front 1941
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Tank KV2 Eastern Front 1941 Operation Barbarossa
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Tank KV2 Eastern Front 1941 photo 4
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Tank KV-2 with a bullet holes in its turret
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Soviet heavy breakthrough tank KV-2
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Tank KV2 in winter
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Soviet heavy breakthrough tank KV2
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Soviet heavy breakthrough tank KV2 1941
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Destroyed heavy tank KV2 photo 8
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KV2 and T-26 tanks 1941 Operation Barbarossa
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German soldiers examining knocked out heavy tank KV-2 mod 1941
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Tank KV-2 with lowered turret
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Russian heavy tank KV-2 (model 1941)
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KV-2 russian heavy tank. Tank was destroyed by artillery fire.
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KV2 russian heavy tank captured by the Germans
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KV-2 Kliment Woroschilow – tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction
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KV-2 heavy tank destroyed on the roadside
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KV-2 tank model 1940, tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction.
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Russian KV-2 tank. KV-2 was destroyed by an explosion in the engine compartment.
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KV-2 a road sign. Tank destroyed near Dubno on June 29, 1941.
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heavy tank KV 2 (late) and wehrmacht soldiers
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Rear of the German KV-2 PzKpfw 754 (r), provisional winter camouflage
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Abandoned intact tank KV-2
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heavy tank KV-2 rear view, 1941
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Abandoned KV-2 heavy tank, turret in 9-o’clock position
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Abandoned russian KV-2 152mm gun armed tank on road
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KV-2 152mm Gun Armed Tanks
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KV-2 heavy tank – late type
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German KV-2 tank of unknown Wehrmacht unit
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Soviet KV-2 Климент Ворошилов tank
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heavy tank KV-2 model 1941
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KV-2 tank in Essen Germany
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KV-2 and T-26 tanks
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Heavy tank KV2 with “low” turret
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KV-2 tank stuck in a mud
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KV-2 (КВ-2) tank, model 1941
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KV-2, heavy tank abandoned on the roadside
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KV-2 heavy tank and wehrmacht soldiers – late model with lowered turret
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KV-2 heavy tank and wehrmacht soldiers
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KV-2 (КВ-2) tanks abandoned by the Red Army in the summer of 1941
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KV2 tank stuck in a ditch
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Destroyed KV2 #4754
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KV-2 of the 12th Tank Division RKKA with damaged drive system. Dubno area 1941
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KV2 – soviet heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer.
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KV-2 heavy tank captured by the Germans. KV carries the markings of the 12th Panzer Division which put it out of action.
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KV2 (КВ-2) heavy tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction and captured by the Germans
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heavy tank KV-2 abandoned on the roadside and captured by the Germans
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KV-2 tank
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KV-2 heavy tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction and captured by the Germans
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KV2 heavy tank captured by the Germans
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KV2 abandoned and slipped off the road
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KV-2 heavy tank (late model)
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KV2 destroyed tank 2
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KV2 destroyed 1941
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Tank KV-2 model 1941 destroyed 11
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KV2 heavy tank
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Heavy tanks KV-2, 1941
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German KV-2 (КВ-2) and T-34/76 tanks. KV-2 with commander’s cupola of a Panzer III or IV
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KW-2 Климент Ворошилов tank abandoned by the Red Army
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Климент Ворошилов KV2 tank and T-34 in German service. Tanks from Panzer-Kompanie z.b.V. 66
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KV2 (Климент Ворошилов, КВ-2) tank with commander’s cupola of a Panzer III/ IV
Kliment Voroshilov KV-2, KW-2, КВ-2 russian heavy assault tank. Tank was named KV after Kliment Voroshilov (Defence Commissar), friend of Stalin.
KV-2 was armed with the M-10 152 mm howitzer in a large slabsided turret. Max front armour 110 mm. Like the KV-1 tank on which it was based, it suffered from serious mechanical problems,
and more were lost to breakdown than enemy action. The KV-2 was popularly called the “Dreadnought” because of its big size.
German Designation: (Sturm) Panzerkampfwagen KV-II 754(r)
Specifications
version |
initial |
late |
crew |
6 |
6 |
hull armor |
front: 60-75mm, side and rear: 75mm, roof: 40mm, bottom: 30-40 mm |
front: 60-75mm, side and rear: 75mm, roof: 40mm, bottom: 30-40 mm |
turret armor |
front, sides and rear:75 mm; mantlet: 110mm, roof: 30mm |
front, sides and rear:75 mm; mantlet: 110mm, roof: 35mm |
main armament |
152,4 mm howitzer M-10T, elevation: -5° – +12°, 36 rounds |
152,4 mm howitzer M-10T, elevation: -5° – +12°, 36 rounds |
secondary armament |
7,62 DT, 2394 rounds |
7,62 DT, 3087 rounds |
combat weight (kg) |
54000 |
52000 |
turret weight (kg) |
12000 |
~10000 |
length (mm) |
6760 |
7100 |
hull lenght (mm) |
6675 |
6675 |
turret lenght (mm) |
3062 |
2625 |
turret width (mm) |
1942 |
1925 |
turret hight (mm) |
1662 |
1470 |
width (mm) |
3320 |
3320 |
height (mm) |
3450 |
3240 |
wheel base (mm) |
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track contact (mm) |
4390 |
4390 |
ground pressure (kg/cm2) |
0,88 |
0,85 |
engine |
V-2K, 600 hp at 2000 rpm, 12 cylinder, liquid-cooled, diesel |
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transmission |
5 forward, 1 reverse |
5 forward, 1 reverse |
fuel capacity (l) |
615 |
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fuel consumption (l) (road / off road) |
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range (road km/ off-road km) |
180-220 / 90-180 |
180-220 / 90-180 |
max speed (road/ off-road km/h) |
26-32 / 14 |
26-34 / 16 |
tracks |
Omsh 700 mm |
Omsh 700 mm |
number of links per trac |
87-90 |
87-90 |
ground clearance (mm) |
420 |
430 |
trench crossing (mm) |
2700 |
2700 |
vertical obstacle (mm) |
1200 |
1200 |
fording ability (mm) |
1600 |
1600 |
climbing ability (degrees) |
36 |
36 |
side slope (degrees) |
30 |
30 |
turning circle (mm) |
9,45 |
9,45 |
radio |
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71-TK-3 |
Reference
- KV-2 Soviet Breakthrough Heavy tank of WWII – Jochen Vollert, Tankograd – Soviet Special No 2001
- KV-I & KV-II Stalin’s Giants – Horst Scheibert, Schiffer Military History 58
- KV – Technical History & Variants – Neil Stokes, Airconnection
- KV-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939-1945 – Steve J. Zaloga, Jim Kinnear Osprey New Vanguard 17
- Stalin’s Heavy Tanks, 1941-1945: The KV and IS Heavy Tanks – Steve J. Zaloga, Jim Kinnear, Andrey Aksenov, Aleksandr Koshchavtsev; Concord 7012
- Panzer Tracts 19-2: Beute-Panzerkampfwagen: British, American, Russian and Italian Tanks Captured from 1940 to 1945 – Thomas L Jentz, Werner Regenberg