![]() After two hours a total of 43 German tanks had been knocked out by these five RussianKV-1 heavies. To give you the true measure of this tank on the battle field in August 1941 barely two months after the first attack, a column of the German 8th panzer drove into a well-planned ambush by five KV-1s near Leningrad. It could easily penetrate the 50mm frontal armour of the panzer Mk4 which was then the heaviest tank the Germans had. On the other hand the KV-1's 76.2 mm gun could penetrate between 70mm to 90mm of armour. Even the Panzer Mk4 with its shortīarreled 75mm gun could penetrate 50mm of armour at 500 meters. At the time of the German invasion of Russia no German tank's Gun had the power to penetrate the front armour of this tank. ![]() ![]() The KV-1 B that can be seen at Bovington Tank Museum has the slightly thicker armour. There is between 75m to 90mm on the hull front an turret. Just as important most German Anti-Tank Guns could not stop it either. Back then the KV1 heavy tank could out fight any German tank on a one to one basis. It came as a big surprise to the Germans when they invaded Russia in 1941. The KV1 was a formidable beast in its own right. In some ways the KV1 has been eclipsed by the legendary T34 general purpose tank which came soon after. KV stands for Kliment Voroshilov after the Russian commissar in charge of defence. The KV-1 Russian Heavy Tank was one of the first great Soviet heavies. It is displayed in the Museum as if it has been knocked out. Russian Soviet WW2 KV-1 (Klemanti Voroshilov) Heavy Tank. ![]() The Museum is called Musée des Blindés ou Association des Amis du Musée des Blindés, 1043, route de Fontevraud, 49400 Saumur, France. This Russian Soviet WW2 KV-1 Heavy Tank can be found at the French Tank Surviving Russian Soviet WW2 KV1 Heavy Tank - Restored WW2 Russian Soviet Tank Photos Surviving Soviet WW2 Tanks ![]()
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