KV-1 (ZIS-5)

KV-1 (ZIS-5) Russian WW2 Heavy Tank 1940

Controls

• WASD / alt+WASD : hull movement

• Alt+mouse : turret movement

• Fire Action 1 : Main gun (HE)

• Fire Action 2 : Main gun (AP)

• Fire Action 3 : Machine gun

• Warning light : Sight backlight

• Headlight : Light

• Horn : Honk Honk

Features : wobbly hook , wobbly antenna , stowage boxes , gun recoil and smoke , ammo racks , 590 bricks

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The KV-1 (ZIS-5) in history

The start of the KV-1 heavy tanks began after the heavy tank T-35 flaws came to light. Designers were ordered to draw up new designs to become the basis of a breakthrough heavy tank needed for the Soviet doctrine. This made for a tank that was heavily armoured, but not very mobile as it was to be for siege warfare.

The designs offered all had heavy armour, wide tracks, and used the torsion-bar suspension. The designs were the SMK, T-100, and what would be the KV tank, which was named after the then Soviet Defense Commissar Kliment Voroshilov.

During the developmental progress, the prototypes of all these heavy tanks were made and the Winter War with Finland was on its way. The Soviets sent these tanks into Finland for combat testing, to which the KV design outperform in every way with its superior armour and firepower. The armour on the KV tank was impenetrable by a tank cannon in service and most anti-tank guns as well, the 76.2 cannon also gave it a huge firepower boost compared to the usual 37 mm in use by other countries.

However, the design was found to be difficult to steer, the transmission was unreliable, ergonomics was poor and vision was limited, plus with its 45-ton weight, it was a very heavy tank for its time. In truth, while formidable in power and protection, courageous crew member willing to curse the name would speak out about the trouble the KV tank really was.

The main variant of production before World War II broke out was the KV-1 model. The ZiS-5 model used the newer and improved F-34 76.2mm gun instead of the L-11 that equipped the early models or the shorter F-32 as both were deemed insufficient in performance.

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