KV-220

KV-220 Russian WW2 Heavy Tank 1941

Controls

• alt+WASD/WASD : hull movement

• Alt+mouse : turret movement

• Fire Action 1 : Main gun (HE)

• Fire Action 2 : Main gun (AP)

• Fire Action 4 : Machine gun

• Warning light : Sight backlight

• Headlight : Light

• Horn : Honk Honk

• Secondary Seat Fire Action 1 : Commander machine gun

Features : wobbly hook , wobbly antenna , stowage boxes , gun recoil and smoke , ammo racks , 677 bricks only

This red skin is based on the KV-220 in WarThunder.

The KV-220 in history

The KV-220 - a heavy experimental tank built on the chassis of a KV with reinforced armour and very powerful armament for its time. The considerably “buffed up” hull houses a new turret which was developed specially for the long barrelled F-30 85mm gun. In comparison to the early tanks of the KV series, this tank is much heavier, therefore its chassis was expanded with a larger wheel count. Armour on the front projection is 100 mm thick and, in order to counter the loss of maneuverability, instead of V-2K engine with 500 HP, a new four-stroke 12 cylinder V-5 prototype engine with 700 HP was installed. Later, this engine was changed to the V-2SN with 850 HP.

Only one KV-220 was built for testing in the process of development of the future KV-3 before the beginning of World War II, which prevented the program from completing. In the autumn of 1941, this tank, with a KV-1 turret was in combat at the front because of a serious lack of armoured vehicles in the USSR at the time. This heavy tank was almost invincible at the time and fought for couple of months before it was destroyed by a direct hit from a German 150mm howitzer sFH 18 in December of 1941.

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