Fujimi 1/76 Scale Model Kit.

   Russian Heavy Tank KV-II (Klimenti Voroshilov)

Late Type

with 1 Figure.

KV-II

The KV-II series of heavy tank was a mammoth follow-up to the successful KV-I. The idea behind this successor was a utilization of the KV-I chassis with a marriage to a more potent main gun in the form of the M1938 122mm caliber.

The KV-II was crewed by six personnel. The entire system already weighed in at more than six tons over the KV-I with the new turret design coming in at 12 tons alone. Mobility was truly discarded in the design and led to a variety of very serious limitations including the fact that the main gun could not even be fired unless the system was purely stationary. Turret design - though heavily armored - also worked against the crew as it was high-mounted with straight faces, making the tank an inviting target to enemy ground personnel and tanks alike. Agility was marginal and road speed was a measly 16 miles per hour in the best of conditions. A massive 152mm main gun was fitted to later production models.