Hey everyone, today I decided to make a full list of all the Russian KV and IS heavy tanks!
If I missed any let me know!
Enjoy!
Kliment Voroshilov tanks
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KV Prototypes
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KV prototype, it has two guns in the turret, one 76mm L-11 and one 45mm 20-K. The KV (U-1) was given to the 20th Heavy Tank Brigade in december.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm L-11
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 29-K
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 42 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
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Another KV prototype, this one armed with just the 76mm gun. Another thing that stands out are the rounded covers on the sides of the tank.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm L-11
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 42 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
KV-1
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- KV-1 Model 1939
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First production models, these tanks were prone to frequent breakdowns, but were highly resistant to anti-tank weapons during the Winter War. Armed with the 76 mm L-11 tank gun, recognizable due to a recuperator above a barrel. Most tanks were lacking the hull machine gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm L-11
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1 Model 1940
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Used the F-32 76 mm gun and a new mantlet. The main production model by the time of the German invasion.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm F-32
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1 Model 1940 s ekranami / KV-1E
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Model 1940 with additional bolted-on appliqué armour and F-32 gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm F-32
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 105 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 49 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1 Model 1941 (Welded Turret)
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Early version of the Model 1941 with the standard welded turret. This tank was armed with the longer-barreled ZiS-5, tank gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1 Model 1941 (Cast Turret)
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Up-armoured with 25–35 mm (0.98–1.38 in) added to the turret, hull front and sides. Turret was now cast instead of welded. This tank was armed with the longer-barreled ZiS-5, tank gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1 Model 1942 (Welded Turret)
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Fully cast turret with thicker armour or welded turret with thicker armour, again up-armoured, using an improved engine and the 76 mm ZiS-5 tank gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1 Model 1942 (Cast Turret)
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Fully cast turret with thicker armour or welded turret with thicker armour, again up-armoured, using an improved engine and the 76 mm ZiS-5 tank gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
↓ One-of prototypes ↓
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KV-1 Serial Number #10033 (Either a Model 1941 or a 1942) fitted with a 650 hp V-2KF engine. The engine overheated constandly and did not give the Tank much greater performance.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
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KV-1 fitted with a ZIS-22 gun. This was a F-34 gun that was reworked to fit in a KV-1 turret.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-22
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
KV-1S
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- KV-1S
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A variant with higher speed, but thinner armour. A new, smaller, cast turret and redesigned rear hull with a new planetary transmission.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 82 mm / 82 mm / 82 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 60 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 42,5 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1S Hybrid
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KV-1S turret on a KV-1 hull.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 82 mm / 82 mm / 82 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 46,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-1S (S-28)
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KV-1S fitted with a 85mm S-28 gun. Prototype only.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 85 mm S-28
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 82 mm / 82 mm / 82 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 60 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 42,5 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 5
- Suggestion topic: KV-1S (S-28) - One Last Try
KV-2
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- KV-2 Model 1939
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A heavy assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer, the KV-2 was produced at the same time as the KV-1. Due to the size of its heavy turret and gun, the KV-2 was slower and had a much higher profile than the KV-1.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 152 mm M-10T
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 52,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 6
- KV-2 Model 1940
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The KV-2 with the production model turret.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 152 mm M-10T
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 75 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 75 mm / 70 mm
Weight: 52,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 6
- KV-2 (ZIS-6)
KV-3 (Объект 150, 221, 222, 223)
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- KV-3 (Объект 150), a.k.a. T-150
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The T-150, or sometimes named KV-3, was an attempt to improve the armor of the KV-1 even before the KV-1 entered mass production. With 90 mm of armor all around and a 700 hp engine, it could have been a better option had it not been for some critical events during its development phase. It was, however, groundbreaking in what would become a series of KV heavy tanks, and the single prototype saw combat service until the end of 1943.
- KV-3 (Объект 221)
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KV-1 with a 85mm F-30 gun. The gun didn’t fit into the KV’s turret so the design was changed. The Объект 221 morphed into the same elongated hull as the Объект 220 but with the 90mm armour layout of the Объект 150. The hull was partially built, and was later to be reused to create the object 223 prototype in order to save production time. But even this didn’t happen.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 85 mm F-30
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KV-1 with a F-32 76.2 mm gun. Mockup only.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76.2 mm F-32
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 90 mm / 90 mm / 90 mm
Weight: 52 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 5
- KV-3 (Объект 223)
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Object 223’s hull was built and was tested with weights to simulate the new conical turret (housing a 107 mm ZiS-6 cannon) that was designed for it. Object 223 had up to 120 mm of sloped armour. Series production was intended to start in late 1941, but the German invasion of the USSR halted these plans and the only prototype hull was destroyed.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZIS-6
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 120 mm
Hull armour : Up to 120 mm
KV-4 (Объект 224)
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A project for a super-heavy tank. About 20 different designs were proposed, but it was cancelled due to the outbreak of the war. Different versions would have been between about 85 and 110 tonnes. Armour from about 120 to 190 mm. Armament consisted of the 107 mm ZiS-6 cannon. Different variants had various auxiliary weapons: 45 mm 20-K, 76 mm L-11 cannons, machineguns and flamethrowers in addition to the main gun.
- Buganov
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 93 tons
Top speed: 50 km/h
Crew: 6
- Bykov
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DS-39
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 98,6 tons
Top speed: 36 km/h
Crew: 8
- Dukhov
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 135 mm
Hull armour : Up to 135 mm
Weight: 82,5 tons
Top speed: 40 km/h
Crew: 6
- Ermolaev
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Two designs were made by Ermolaev, one with a single turret and another with two turrets.
Specifications Single Turret Version:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 90 tons
Top speed: 35 km/h
Crew: 6
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Specifications Double Turret Version:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 95 tons
Top speed: 35 km/h
Crew: 6
Double turret version
- Fedorenko
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm M.1938
Auxiliary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT & 1 x 1 Flamethrower
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 140 mm
Weight: 98,6 tons
Top speed: 35 km/h
Crew: 6
- Kreslavsky
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm M.1937 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 92,6 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 6
- Kruchenykh
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 4 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 107,7 tons
Top speed: 30 km/h
Crew: 9
- Kuzmin, Tarotko, Tarapatin
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DS-39
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 88 tons
Top speed: 36 km/h
Crew: 6
- Marishkin
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 86,4 tons
Top speed: 40 km/h
Crew: 7
- Mikhailov
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6 (F-42)
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm M.1937 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 86,5 tons
Top speed: 50 km/h
Crew: 6
- Moskvin
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 130 mm
Weight: 101 tons
Top speed: 40 km/h
Crew: 6
- Pavlov & Grigorev
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 91 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 6
- Pereverzev
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 100 tons
Top speed: 39 km/h
Crew: 6
- Schaschmurin
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6 (F-42)
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 76 mm L-11
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DT & 1 x 1 Flamethrower
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 92 tons
Top speed: 35 km/h
Crew: 7
- Strukov
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6 (F-42)
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 92 tons
Top speed: 50 km/h
Crew: 6
- Sychev
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6 (F-42)
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 135 mm
Hull armour : Up to 105 mm
Weight: 100 tons
Top speed: 40 km/h
Crew: 6
- Tseits
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.62 mm DS-39
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 Flamethrower
Turret armour : Up to 130 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 90 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 7
- Turchaninov
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour : Up to 125 mm
Hull armour : Up to 125 mm
Weight: 89,5 tons
Top speed: 35 km/h
Crew: 7
- Unknown (1)
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
- Unknown (2)
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Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
KV-5 (Объект 225)
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A cancelled project for a super-heavy tank. Armament was to be a 107 mm ZiS-6 gun in a large turret and machine-gun in a small secondary turret. Weight was projected as about 100 tons, and the tank was to have 150–180 mm of armour. Project development began in June 1941, however was cancelled due to the Siege of Leningrad, in which all developmental operations at the Kirov Plant were halted. The project fell out of favour from the more advanced heavy tank designs, and no prototype was built.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 107 mm ZiS-6
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DS-39
Turret armour : Up to 180 mm
Hull armour : Up to 180 mm
Weight: 100 tons
Top speed: 40 km/h
Crew: 6
KV-6 (Объект 226)
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A modified KV-1 with 90mm of armour and a 76mm model 1940 gun. Overall it looks like an attempt to modernize the KV-1.
It is also believed to have a flamethrower in the hull, but this cannot be confirmed anywhere.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm F-32
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 Flamethrower
Turret armour : Up to 90 mm
Hull armour : Up to 90 mm
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KV-7 (Объект 227)
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- KV-7 U-13
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Experimental self-propelled gun. armed with 3 cannons: two 45 mm model 1932/34 and one 76 mm F-34. 200 rounds of ammunition was carried for the 45 mm guns and 93 rounds for the 76 mm gun, and the tank had 100 mm of frontal armour. One unit was produced and tested in 1941.
- Suggestion topic: KV-7: Stalinium Volley Fire
- KV-7 U-14
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Improved variant had two 76 mm F-34 cannons, and 85 mm of frontal armour. Vehicles were not taken in service primarily because they could not fight tanks (the KV-7s had only 15 degree gun traverse to each side) and could not combat concrete bunkers due to the small caliber of the guns. After the failure of the KV-7 it was decided to put one 152 mm gun in the casemate instead of three smaller guns; this led to the development of the SU-152.
- Suggestion topic: KV-7: Stalinium Volley Fire
- KV-7 U-18
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Experimental self-propelled gun. KV-7 armed with 152 mm ML-20 cannon. Vehicle was projected in 1941. Wooden mockup was constructed. Project was cancelled, but this vehicle was a first step towards SU-152 design.
- KV-7 U-19
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KV-7 with a B-4 howitzer. Blueprint design only.
KV-8 (Объект 228, 238)
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- KV-8 (Объект 228)
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A KV-1 fitted with the ATO-41 flamethrower in the turret, beside a machine gun. In order to accommodate the new weapon, the 76.2 mm gun was replaced with a smaller 45 mm Gun M1932, though it was disguised to look like the standard 76 mm (the cannon was placed inside a 76 mm tube).
- Suggestion topic: KV-8 - Hiding A Weakness
- KV-8S (Объект 238)
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The same as KV-8, but based on KV-1S. Equipped with ATO-42 flamethrower (improved version of ATO-41).
- Suggestion topic: KV-8S - Only 10
- KV-8S Hybrid
KV-9 (Объект 229)
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A KV-1 with short 122 mm U-11 cannon. One prototype was constructed and proved in 1941.
KV-10 (Объект 230), a.k.a. KV-1K
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A KV-1 with 4 rocket launchers on the sides of hull. Each launcher contained two 132 mm M-13 rockets.
- Suggestion topic: KV-1K: When a Gun Just Won't Cut It!
KV-11 (Объект 231)
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KV-1 armed with a 85 mm S-18 or S-31 gun. Most likely not built.
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KV-12 (Объект 232)
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Experimental chemical tank. Was equipped with 4 external toxin tanks on the back of chassis. Tanks surrounded with 30 mm armour. Not taken in service.
KV-13 (Объект 233, 233IS, 234)
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- KV-13 (233)
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Prototype of a medium tank. Designation for an advanced redesign of the KV series. The tank had a 76.2mm ZiS-5 gun.
- IS-1 Prototype (Объект 233IS)
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Experimental version of what would become the IS-1. The tank had a 5-roller suspension and 76.2mm F-34 gun.
- KV-13 (Объект 234)
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Experimental medium tank Prototype armed with 122mm U-11 tank howitzer.
KV-14 (Объект 236)
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Prototype designation for a 152 mm self-propelled gun, accepted for service as the SU-152.
KV-85 (Объект 238, 239)
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- (Объект 238), a.k.a. KV-85G
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KV-1S with 85 mm S-31 cannon. Turret and mantlet remained from conventional KV-1S.
- Suggestion topic: Object 238 - Big Gun, Small Turret
- KV-85 (Объект 239)
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A KV-1S with the 85 mm D-5T cannon in a new turret, with the ball mounted hull machine gun removed and the hole welded shut, 148 of these tanks were produced in the second half of 1943 until the spring of 1944; they were a stopgap until the IS tank series entered production.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 85 mm D-5T
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 60 mm / 75 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 4
- KV-85 (Improved)
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This was a proposed counter project against the IS-1, where ChKZ SKB-2 proposed that the KV-85 could be kept in production instead of replacing it with the IS-1 by completely reworking its armour and giving it sloped front plates. No drawings have survived though.
“The front of the hull is the most interesting part. According to the description, the thickness of the armour increased to 90 mm, and the shape of the plates changed. The top plate was angled at 30 degrees, and the bottom at 60 degrees to horizontal.”
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KV-100
KV-122
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- KV-122 (S-41)
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A KV-1S with short 122 mm S-41 howitzer. One prototype was made in 1943. Not taken in service.
- KV-122 (D-25T)
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A KV-85 with the 122 mm D-25T cannon. One prototype was made in 1944. Not taken in service.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25T
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 60 mm / 75 mm
Weight: 48 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 4
KV-152
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Proposal to fit a 152 mm gun into the turret of a KV-85. Nothing became of the project.
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KV-220 (Объект 220, 220 No2)
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- KV-220 (Объект 220)
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Experimental. Longer chassis (7 rollers per side). Armour - 100 mm. New 850 hp V-2SN engine with turbocharging. New diamond-shaped turret. 85 mm F-30 cannon. One prototype was constructed in 1941, but later in life the tank was given a KV-1 F-32 turret. The tank was lost in battle after a direct hit to the frontal hull by a 150 mm howitzer sFH 18 in December 1941.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 85 mm F-30
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Weight: 62,4 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 6
- KV-220-2 (Объект 220 Nº2)
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The KV-220 chassis but with a 76mm KV-1 turret fitted.
Iosif Stalin tanks
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IS-1 (Объект 237), a.k.a IS-85
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IS-1 heavy tank with 6-roller suspension and 85mm S-31 gun. This was later upgraded to the 85mm D-5T gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 85 mm D-5T
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 90 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 44 tons
Top speed: 37 km/h
Crew: 4
IS-2 (Объект 240, 240M), a.k.a IS-122
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IS-2 Prototype with a T-shaped muzzle brake.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 90 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 37 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-2 Model 1943 Early (Объект 240)
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Initial production IS-2 armed with an earlier version of the D-25T gun. The most notable feature is the different muzzle brake inspired by the German Ferdinant Tank Destroyer.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25T
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 90 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 37 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-2 Model 1943 (Объект 240)
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1943 model, armed with a 122mm D-25T gun.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25T
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 90 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 37 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-2 Model 1944 (Объект 240)
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1944 improvement with improved simpler hull front. Armored hulls were produced by No.200 plant (cast) and UZTM (welded) simultaneously.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25T
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 12.7 mm DShK
Auxiliary armament: 2 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 100 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 90 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 46 tons
Top speed: 37 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-2M (Объект 240M)
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1957 technological modernization of pre-existing IS-2 tanks. New hull sides with integrated stowage boxes, T-10M tracks and roadwheels, machine gun in turret rear replaced by ventilation fan and many other minor technical improvements.
- IS-2M (D10-T)
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IS-2M fitted with a 100mm D10-T gun.
- IS-2U
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A re-design of the IS-2 which would give it many improvements such as armour, engine compartment, new transmission, redesigned turret, etc.
IS-3 (Объект 237, 244, 703, 703M)
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- IS-3 (Объект 237)
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Not the IS-3 you are thinking of, I know. But the name IS-3 was used before the Объект 703 IS-3 came around. This early IS-3 is pretty much an IS-1 derivative.
IS-3 with 85mm S-18 gun.
- IS-3 (Объект 244)
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Not the IS-3 you are thinking of, I know. But the name IS-3 was used before the Объект 703 IS-3 came around. This early IS-3 is pretty much an IS-1 derivative.
IS-3 experimental heavy tank version of Объект 237 with a 85mm D-5S-85BM, D-5T-85BM or S-53IS-85 gun.
- IS-3 (Объект 244) (IS-6 suspension)
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Not the IS-3 you are thinking of, I know. But the name IS-3 was used before the Объект 703 IS-3 came around. This early IS-3 is pretty much an IS-1 derivative.
IS-3 fitted with the same suspension as the IS-6 for trials.
- IS-3 (Объект 244) (D-30 gun)
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Not the IS-3 you are thinking of, I know. But the name IS-3 was used before the Объект 703 IS-3 came around. This early IS-3 is pretty much an IS-1 derivative.
The IS-3 fitted with the IS-6 suspension and given a 122mm D-30 gun.
- IS-3 (Объект 703)
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1944 Heavy Tank. Fitted with a new rounded turret, angular front hull casting, integrated stowage bins over the tracks. Internally similar to IS-2 model 1944 and produced concurrently. About 350 built during the war.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25T
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 12.7 mm DShK
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 250 mm / 150 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 110 mm / 90 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 48 tons
Top speed: 40 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-3M (Объект 703M)
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1952 modernized version of IS-3. Fitted with additional jettisonable external fuel tanks, improved hull welding and a new anti-air machine gun.
IS-4 (Объект 245, 701)
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- IS-4 (Объект 245)
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Not the IS-4 you are thinking of, I know. But the name IS-4 was used before the Объект 701 IS-4 came around. This early IS-4 is pretty much an IS-2 derivative.
IS-4 experimental heavy tank, Объект 240 fitted with 100mm D-10T gun.
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First IS-4 prototype heavy tank with 122mm S-34-II Gun.
- Suggestion topic: Object 701-0, the first IS-4 Prototype!
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Second IS-4 prototype heavy tank with 122mm S-34-II Gun.
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Third IS-4 prototype heavy tank with 100 mm S-34-I Gun.
- Suggestion topic: Object 701-2, the 100mm armed IS-4 Prototype
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Fourth IS-4 prototype heavy tank. This one was just a hull and turret without any internals. It was used for firing trails. Compared to the other IS-4 Prototypes this one was given a different armour layout for futher testing.
- Discussion topic: Object 701-3, the unfortunate IS-4 Prototype used for firing trials
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Fifth IS-4 prototype heavy tank. Armed with the 122mm again.
- Suggestion topic: Object 701-4, blowing out your transmission while still looking cool!
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Sixth IS-4 prototype heavy tank. With Reinforced Armour from the lessons learned of the previous prototypes. I believe it’s still armed with the 122mm gun.
- Suggestion topic: Object 701-5, the last 122mm S-34-II armed IS-4 Prototype
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Final IS-4 prototype. This is what became the IS-4 that went into production.
- Suggestion topic: Object 701-6, the Pre-Production IS-4
- IS-4 (Объект 701)
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IS-4 heavy Tank.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25T
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 12.7 mm DShK
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 250 mm / 175 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 140 mm / 160 mm / 100 mm
Weight: 60 tons
Top speed: 43 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-4M (Объект 701M)
IS-5 (Объект 248, 252, 730)
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- IS-5 (Объект 248)
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While not looking like what you would expect of the IS-5, but the name IS-5 was first used around the time the IS-2 was being used. This early IS-5 is pretty much an IS-2 derivative.
IS-5 experimental heavy tank, Объект 240 fitted with 100mm S-34 gun.
- IS-5 (Объект 252)
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IS-5 experimental heavy tank development of the Объект 240.
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- IS-5 (Объект 730)
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Heavy tank prototype.
IS-6 (Объект 252, 253)
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- IS-6 (Объект 252)
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IS-6 experimental heavy tank development of the Объект 240 with mechanical transmission.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-30T
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 12.7 mm DShK
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 150 mm / 150 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 120 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 51,1 tons
Top speed: 44 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-6 (Объект 253)
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Объект 252 fitted with electrical transmission and a more basic suspension as seen on the IS-2.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-30T
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 12.7 mm DShK
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 150 mm / 150 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 100 mm / 120 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 51,1 tons
Top speed: 44 km/h
Crew: 4
- IS-6U (Объект 252U)
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Improved IS-6 design. Only existed on blueprint but it formed the basis of futher heavy tank designs.
IS-7 (Объект 257, 258, 259, 260)
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- IS-7 (Объект 257)
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Design of heavy 60-70 -t assault tank. This was the beginning of what would become the IS-7.\
- IS-7 (Объект 258)
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Design of heavy 60-70 -t assault tank. This was a further design of what would become the IS-7.
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- IS-7 (Объект 259)
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Design of heavy 60-70 -t assault tank. This was a further design of what would become the IS-7.
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- IS-7 Model 1946 (Объект 260)
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One of the first IS-7 Prototypes.
- Suggestion topic: IS-7 model 1946. The forgotten older brother.
- IS-7 Model 1947 (Объект 260)
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IS-7 experimental heavy assault tank.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 130 mm C-70
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 14.5 mm KPVT
Auxiliary armament: 6 x 1 7.52 mm RP-46
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 250 mm / 200 mm / 90 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 150 mm / 100 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 68 tons
Top speed: 60 km/h
Crew: 5
IS-8 (Объект 730)
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The original T-10 tank, at this time of it’s development known as the IS-8.
Объект heavy tanks
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Объект 0-50
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Объект 0-50 is an experimental Soviet single-turreted heavy breakthrough tank of the late 1930s.
The tank was developed as a breakthrough tank in the Design Bureau of Plant No. 185. It was essentially a single-turret variant of the T-100 heavy breakthrough tank.
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Объект 103
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The Объект 103 is an experimental unrealized project of the Soviet coastal defense heavy tank, designed on the basis of the T-100 heavy tank.
Unlike the more well known SU-100Y which would end up getting build using the T-100 heavy tank chassis, this Объект 103 has the huge coastal defense gun in a fully rotating turret.
Объект 265
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Futher development of the original IS-5. This one was armed with the more powerfull 122mm M-62T gun, and it also had a 14.5mm instead of a 12.7mm machine gun.
Объект 266
Объект 267
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Experimental T-10A prototype with stabilized main armament.
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Объект 269
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Объект 730 (T-10) fitted with TND-2S stereoscopic rangefinder.
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Объект 277
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The Объект 277 was a prototype Soviet heavy tank designed in 1957, one of the last heavy tanks to be produced by the USSR. It was a conventional heavy tank, armed with a powerful 130mm gun and thickly armoured. All development was cancelled in 1960, as part of Nikita Khrushchev’s wish to abandon what he deemed obsolete heavy tanks, and re-focus efforts on ATGMs.
Объект 278
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The Object 278 was in all other ways identical to the Object 277, but housed the experimental GTD-1 gas turbine engine, as well as a planetary gearbox. The vehicle never left the blueprint stage, and development was cancelled on July 19, 1960, along with the Object 277.
Объект 279
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The Объект 279 was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959.
This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain, inaccessible to conventional tanks, acting as a heavy breakthrough tank. It was planned as a tank of the Supreme Command Reserve.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 130 mm M-65
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 14.5 mm KPVT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 300 mm / 300 mm / 120 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 300 mm / 200 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 60,4 tons
Top speed: 55 km/h
Crew: 4
Объект 279 (Strela AK)
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One of a few heavy tank designs that were worked on in after the second world war. Not much remains of this project and it never left the blueprint stage.
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Another heavy tank design that came after the Объект 705. It would have looked similar to the 705, just overall bigger.
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Объект 726
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Another four tracked heavy tank design like the Объект 279. A test undercarriage was made for this project and trailed during cross-country tests. But aside from that the project never made out the blueprint stage.
Объект 752
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A heavy tank project that was armed with a 122mm M-62-2T gun.
Объект 770
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The Объект 770, was a prototype Soviet heavy tank designed in 1956, and was one of the last heavy tanks ever produced. It was developed alongside the Object 277 and the Object 279 following the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR on August 12, 1955. Development was cancelled in 1960 following Nikita Khrushchev’s orders to stop production of all heavy tanks weighing over 37 tons, in favour of ATGM’s.
- Suggestion topic: Object 770. The loneliest heavy tank.
Other heavy tanks
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An experimental tank used to test an electromechanical transmission for Soviet heavy tanks. The transmission was put in a KV-1S.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm ZIS-5
Secondary armament: 3 x 1 7.62 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 82 mm / 82 mm / 82 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 60 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 42,5 tons
Top speed: 45 km/h
Crew: 5
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Precursor/Prototype of the IS-3. In simple terms it’s a IS-3 without the pike-nose.
- Suggestion topic: Kirovets-1, IS-3 prototype. Child with many names.
SMK
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The SMK was an heavy tank prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War. It was named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov, a Communist Party official assassinated in 1934. The SMK was discovered and classified by German intelligence as the T-35C, leading to the misunderstanding that the T-35 took part in the Winter War.
Only one was built and after a trial showing the downsides of its weight and size against the KV tank and brief use in the war with Finland, the project was dropped.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm L-11
Secondary armament: 1 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 1 x 1 12,7 mm DK & 1 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 60 mm / 60 mm / 60 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 75 mm / 60 mm / 55 mm
Weight: 55 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 7
T-10 (Объект 272 or 730)
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To explain the two different Объект numbers: Prior to 1962, T-10Ms were in simultaneous production by two factories (Kirov as Object 272 and Chelyabinsk as Object 734) whose parts were incompatible with those of the other. Kirov’s version was standardized in 1962.
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Original production model that entered service in 1955. It was armed with the 122mm D-25TA main gun used on the IS-2. Secondary armaments were a coaxial 12.7mm DShK M and another pivoting DShK M above the loader’s hatch.
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A slightly improved T-10 that arrived in 1956 with a vertical plane stabilized main gun that also had a bore evacuator. New telescopic sights were installed for the commander and gunner as well as night vision optics for the driver. The numbers built weren’t significant.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm D-25TS
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 12.7 mm DShK
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 250 mm / 150 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 80 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 50 tons
Top speed: 42 km/h
Crew: 4
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A further improvement of the T-10A built from 1957 onward featuring a new gunner’s sight and a distinctive Red Army infrared search light beside the main gun.
- T-10K (Объект 287)
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Modernized version with longer M-62-T2 L/46 gun with five-baffle muzzle brake, 2-plane gun stabilizer, machine guns replaced with 14.5 mm KPVT, infrared night vision equipment and NBC protection.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm M-62-T2S
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 14.5 mm KPVT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 250 mm / 150 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 80 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 50 tons
Top speed: 50 km/h
Crew: 4
- T-10M Malyutka (Объект 734MI)
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T-10M turned into a command tank. The tank differed from the T-10M by the presence of an additional P-112 shortwave radio station with a ten-meter telescopic antenna, a 1 kW gasoline-electric unit and TNA-2 navigation equipment.
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 122 mm M-62-T2S
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 14.5 mm KPVT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 250 mm / 150 mm / 100 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 120 mm / 80 mm / 60 mm
Weight: 50 tons
Top speed: 50 km/h
Crew: 4
T-35
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- T-35-1
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This is the first T-35 to be produced. It had a round shaped main turret with a 76.2mm PS-3 gun and four smaller turrets. Two of wich had a 37mm PS-2 guns, and the other two DT-29 machineguns.
Something the T-35-1 and 2 have that makes them stand out from the T-35A, is the angled front hull armour and driver hatches.
- T-35-2
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This one mounted the more familiar main turret that you see can see on other Russian tanks to. And it received a different engine.
Other then that the weapons remained the same.
- T-35A Model 1935
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This is the T-35 we all know and love (or hate). It’s the same tank we have ingame right now.
I feel like there is not much to talk about, just test drive it yourself and see how it performs!
Specifications:
Main armament: 1 x 1 76 mm KT-28
Secondary armament: 2 x 1 45 mm 20-K
Auxiliary armament: 5 x 1 7.52 mm DT
Turret armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 20 mm / 20 mm / 20 mm
Hull armour (Front / Sides / Rear): 30 mm / 23 mm / 20 mm
Weight: 55 tons
Top speed: 34 km/h
Crew: 10
- T-35A Model 1938 (234-42)
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This name is not a variant of the T-35. It’s the serial number of a T-35.
This one was part of a plan to upgrade/modernise the T-35. It’s front hull armour was increased from 20mm to 30mm.
And the biggest difference is the complete redesign of the turrets. They all recieved 30mm of armour that was on a slight angle, thus making the turrets stronger.
- T-35A Model 1938 (234-64)
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This was part of the last T-35’s to be produced. The only changes it recieved where redesigned skirts, new escape hatches and the removal of the machinegun mounted on the back of the main turret.
- T-35B
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This was an attempt to upgrade the engine of the T-35 to either a BD-1 (400 hp) and a BD-2 (700 hp).
The BD-2A was chosen for tests, but the engine was never mouted on a T-35 and nothing became of the project.
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T-100 (Объект 100)
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The T-100 was a Soviet twin-turreted heavy tank prototype, designed in 1938–39 as a possible replacement for the T-35 heavy tank. The T-100 was designed by N. Barykov’s OKMO design team at S.M. Kirov Factory No. 185 in Leningrad. The T-100 was originally conceived with three turrets and was eventually built with two. It was in competition with a similar design, the SMK, but neither were adopted and instead a single turret version of the SMK was ordered as the KV-1. All three prototypes were tested at the same time in the Battle of Summa during the Winter War with Finland.
Tank Mk-II “Matilda”, a.k.a. Matilda II
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One of the many Lend Lease tanks Russia recieved from the allies.
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A single Russian Matilda II prototype where they fitted a 76 mm ZIS-5 into a Matilda II turret. The gun was renamed to F-96 specifically for this project. Only one was ever built.
Tank Mk-III “Churchill”, a.k.a. Chuchill III
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One of the many Lend Lease tanks Russia recieved from the allies.
Tank Mk-IV “Churchill”, a.k.a. Chuchill IV
Sources:
List Объект numbers: Ob'yekt List
KV-4 designs: Catainium's Tanks: KV-4/Object 224 Heavy Tank
All about the KV-6: Tank Archives: Missing Index: KV-6
KV-7’s: http://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/04/kv-7-lock-stock-and-three-smoking.ht
