During the nearly forty-eight-hour standoff, the KV-2 had survived eight 50mm direct hits. When most military history buffs think of Soviet tanks during World War II, chances are they think of the ...

The tank used by the Germans in this engagement was the Panzer 35(t), which had a measly 37mm main gun, which was wholly inadequate against the KV-2’s armor, as were the Panzer Group’s anti ...

The KV’s history began in early 1939, when the Leningrad Kirov Plant’s chief designer Joseph Kotin proposed developing single-turret tanks as well as multi-turreted designs like the T-35 ...

The KV was a product of tank designer Josef Kotin. His competitor, Mikhail Koshkin, would develop the T-34. Kotin, however, embraced the theory that success on the battlefield meant dominating the ...