2015年4月26日 · The later variant of the KV-2 featured the more common and boxy turret, featuring a second DT machine gun in a rear mount, and an improved rear turret hatch that made resupplying ammunition easier. The armor was kept the same, but thanks to the removal of the angled turret front, it had a much roomier crew turret, meaning that working ...

Initially known as 'Malen'kaya Bashenka' (little turret) and 'Bol'shaya Bashnya' (big turret), the 76-mm-armed tank was redesignated as the KV-1 heavy tank and the 152 mm howitzer one as KV-2 heavy artillery tank.

2022年11月28日 · The large bulky turret of the KV-2 was a glaring weakness with many drawbacks which imposed severe limitations on crew comfort and combat utility. The tall profile of the turret greatly increased the vehicle’s visibility, and was more easily spotted by tanks and anti-tank gun crews.

2023年12月2日 · Designed as a bunker-busting assault vehicle, the ponderous KV-2 was soon out of place in the fluid armored actions on the Russian front — operations that demanded speed and maneuverability. The KV-2 turret was incredibly heavy, and it proved almost impossible to traverse when not on level ground.

This gave the KV-2 an unmistakable profile, with its huge, towering turret, which was only accessible by a ladder. An obvious target which was also topweight, compromising the lateral stability of the tank while crossing a sloped terrain.

2023年9月11日 · An abandoned KV-2 with the newer turret. Source: Global Strategy Tanks vs Guns. On 11 March 1941, the F-42, by this point renamed ZiS-6, re-entered the picture. Soviet intelligence services sent a report to the GABTU and Soviet leadership regarding the development of German tanks.

2017年3月2日 · On May 6th, 1940, the deputy chief of Kirov factory's SKB-4 design bureau proposed a modernized turret for the KV-2 tank. This new turret was 2000 kg lighter than the old one due to reducing the height by 370 mm and length by 300 mm.

2020年11月11日 · The turret, despite its listed 360-degree traversal, was simply too heavy, awkward and unstable for the intended role. The KV-2 could only realistically rotate its gun when on level ground - paved roads and the like - which made for poor cross-country usage.

2021年7月12日 · Four crew members were located in the turret: to the left of the gun were the gunner’s and loader’s seats, and to the right were the tank’s commander and loader’s assistant.

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.