KV-2 KW-2 КВ-2 soviet heavy tank

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: Impact hole between first and secon return rollers

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: Tan with impact marks

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: Tank shunted off a road

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: Sdkfz 260 Zolkva

: KV-2 Opel Blitz

: KV2 model 1941

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: KV-2 Noworshew

: KV2 model 41 2

: KV2 mod 41

: KV2 Lida1941

: KV2 Kalininsky front 28 January 1942

: kv2 germany

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: KV2 EI1

: German Troops Inspect Captured Captured Russian KV2

: Captured KV-2 from 6 Reg, 3TDiv

: KV2 1941

: KV2 Berezhany 1941

: KV2 bialystok

: German KV-2 zBV 66 on the Baranovichi railway station

: German KV-2 tank zBV 66

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: Tank transported on Schwere Platformwagen SSyms

: German KV-2 tank 13

: German KV-2 tank 3

: German KV-2 tank 2

: armored train with KV-2 T-34 turrets

: German KV-2 tank 1

: abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer rear

: Knocked out heavy assault tank KV-2 with numerous hits on turret

: abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer

: abandoned KV-2 tank

: Immobilized heavy assault tank KV-2 on road

: knocked out KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer

: knocked out KV-2 tank with 152 mm howitzer

: German Pz.Kpfw KV-2 754(r) tank beute panzer – Swastika and balkenkreuz on the rurret side

: KV-2 with german markings (12th Panzer Division; B = beute)

: German Pz.Kpfw KV-2 754(r) tank

: This KV2 was abandoned by its crew without any visible damage during Operation Barbarossa.

: abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank

: KV-2 tank and wehrmacht soldiers

: Heavy assault tank KV-2

: KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov tank

: abandoned KV-2 tank on road 1941

: KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer 2

: Heavy assault tank KV-2 1941

: abandoned KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov tank

: abandoned KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M 10 152 mm howitzer 2

: KV2 tank with markings: 12th Panzer division – side of the turret is used as German road sign

: Soviet heavy tank KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov

: Heavy assault tank KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov and german Wehrmacht cavalry

: Abandoned Kliment Voroshilov KV-2 heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer front view.

: Abandoned KV-2 Kliment Voroshilov heavy tank 2

: captured soviet heavy tank KV-2

: Heavy assault tank KV-2

: Soviet WW2 heavy tank KV-2 with numerous hits on turret

: Destroyed Russian KV-2 Tank

: Russian KV-2 Tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction

: German KV2 tank – provisional winter camouflage

: KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 1

: KV2 with markings 12 Panzer division

: KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 2

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: captured KV2 heavy tank

: German KV2 winter camouflage 2

: Early production heavy tank KV-2 (mod 1940). The gun’s recoil and recuperator cylinders were destroyed by internal explosion.

: KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 6

: KV2 heavy tank 1941 eastern front 3

: Heavy tank KV-2 model 1941, Eastern Front 4

: KV-2 tank with early turret stuck in a muddy river bed. Lithuania June 1941, Operation Barbarossa.

: German KV2 with provisional winter camouflage

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: Kliment Voroshilov 2 tank

: KV2 tank 1941 2

: KV2 slipped off the road – rear view

: German soldiers inspecting KV2 tank

: German Panzerkampfwagen KV-2 754 (r)

: Soviet KV-2 tank suffered an internal explosion

: German soldiers examining knocked out KV2 tank 1941 6

: Abandoned russian KV 2 tank

: KV2 tank model 1941

: destroyed soviet KV-2 tank model 1941

: German soldiers examining knocked out KV2 tank 1941 4

: KV2 tank model 1941 1

: Tank KV2 in Berlin

: Tank KV2 eastern front 1941 photo

: Heavy tank KV2 captured by the Germans – Eastern Front 1941

: Tank KV2 slipped off the road – Eastern Front 1941

: Heavy soviet tank KV2 eastern front 1941, operation Barbarossa

: Tank KV2 eastern front 1941 Operation Barbarossa

: Tank KV2 captured by the Germans Eastern Front 1941

: Tank KV2 Eastern Front 1941 Operation Barbarossa

: Tank KV2 Eastern Front 1941 photo 4

: Tank KV-2 with a bullet holes in its turret

: Soviet heavy breakthrough tank KV-2

: Tank KV2 in winter

: Soviet heavy breakthrough tank KV2

: Soviet heavy breakthrough tank KV2 1941

: Destroyed heavy tank KV2 photo 8

: KV2 and T-26 tanks 1941 Operation Barbarossa

: German soldiers examining knocked out heavy tank KV-2 mod 1941

: Tank KV-2 with lowered turret

: Russian heavy tank KV-2 (model 1941)

: KV-2 russian heavy tank. Tank was destroyed by artillery fire.

: KV2 russian heavy tank captured by the Germans

: KV-2 Kliment Woroschilow – tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction

: KV-2 heavy tank destroyed on the roadside

: KV-2 tank model 1940, tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction.

: Russian KV-2 tank. KV-2 was destroyed by an explosion in the engine compartment.

: KV-2 a road sign. Tank destroyed near Dubno on June 29, 1941.

: heavy tank KV 2 (late) and wehrmacht soldiers

: Rear of the German KV-2 PzKpfw 754 (r), provisional winter camouflage

: Abandoned intact tank KV-2

: heavy tank KV-2 rear view, 1941

: Abandoned KV-2 heavy tank, turret in 9-o’clock position

: Abandoned russian KV-2 152mm gun armed tank on road

: KV-2 152mm Gun Armed Tanks

: KV-2 heavy tank – late type

: German KV-2 tank of unknown Wehrmacht unit

: Soviet KV-2 Климент Ворошилов tank

: heavy tank KV-2 model 1941

: KV-2 tank in Essen Germany

: KV-2 and T-26 tanks

: Heavy tank KV2 with “low” turret

: KV-2 tank stuck in a mud

: KV-2 (КВ-2) tank, model 1941

: KV-2, heavy tank abandoned on the roadside

: KV-2 heavy tank and wehrmacht soldiers – late model with lowered turret

: KV-2 heavy tank and wehrmacht soldiers

: KV-2 (КВ-2) tanks abandoned by the Red Army in the summer of 1941

: KV2 tank stuck in a ditch

: Destroyed KV2 #4754

: KV-2 of the 12th Tank Division RKKA with damaged drive system. Dubno area 1941

: KV2 – soviet heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer.

: KV-2 heavy tank captured by the Germans. KV carries the markings of the 12th Panzer Division which put it out of action.

: KV2 (КВ-2) heavy tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction and captured by the Germans

: heavy tank KV-2 abandoned on the roadside and captured by the Germans

: KV-2 tank

: KV-2 heavy tank abandoned due to mechanical malfunction and captured by the Germans

: KV2 heavy tank captured by the Germans

: KV2 abandoned and slipped off the road

: KV-2 heavy tank (late model)

: KV2 destroyed tank 2

: KV2 destroyed 1941

: Tank KV-2 model 1941 destroyed 11

: KV2 heavy tank

: Heavy tanks KV-2, 1941

: German KV-2 (КВ-2) and T-34/76 tanks. KV-2 with commander’s cupola of a Panzer III or IV

: KW-2 Климент Ворошилов tank abandoned by the Red Army

: Климент Ворошилов KV2 tank and T-34 in German service. Tanks from Panzer-Kompanie z.b.V. 66

: 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)
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
transmission	5 forward, 1 reverse	5 forward, 1 reverse
fuel capacity (l)	615
fuel consumption (l) (road / off road)
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		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