Heavy tank KV-220 (Object 220)

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  1. SIA
    SIA
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    15 October 2011 08: 25
    Nice cars, but only for its time of course.
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  2. TeR
    TeR
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    8 January 2015 10: 22
    Tanks T-150 and T-220 are experimental vehicles. Here is what Mikhail Svirin writes about them in his immortal book "Stalin's Armor Shield. History of the Soviet Tank, 1937-1943 Edition 2006":
    "4.4. Heavy and superheavy

    Since serial KV tanks found a large number of shortcomings and at the same time their capacity was considered insufficient in the summer of 1940, a resolution was adopted on July 17 by the USSR SNK and the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks, in which the Kirov Plant was ordered to release two tanks with 1 mm armor by November 90 , of which one should be armed with an 85-mm F-30 cannon, and by December 1, two similar tanks, but with 100 mm armor. But by November 5, the plant had delivered only one T-150 tank with 90 mm armor and an F-32 gun, and by December 5, one T-220 with 100 mm armor and an F-30 cannon.

    At the same time, the mass of the T-150 exceeded 50 tons, and therefore it was planned to install 650 hp on it. diesel V-5, but only boosted to 600 hp was installed. AT 2. Outwardly, the tank was almost no different from the familiar KV-1. The T-220 tank (also called the KV-220, "Object 220" in the documents) had an elongated hull, a chassis stretched by one roller and an enlarged turret with an 85-mm F-30 gun. Since the mass of the tank exceeded 65 tons, a V-5 diesel engine with a capacity of 700 hp was installed on it. However, both tanks, being transferred for testing, did not comfort their creators for long. The T-150 was withdrawn from testing a month later, when its mileage only approached 200 km. His engine oil was overheating, the bearings in the checkpoint were "flying out", and all the troubles for some reason manifested themselves precisely when driving on the highway in 3rd and 4th gears. The T-220 tank existed at the test site for a record short period of time. Diesel V-5 broke down on the second day. The tanks were sent back for revision ... "

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  3. greenx
    greenx
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    4 October 2019 12: 54

    Hello engineer

    1. greenx
      greenx
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      4 October 2019 12: 55

      Hello colleague: belay:: bully: