KV-85: the latest in a family of legendary Soviet heavy tanks

Heavy Soviet Tanks Klim Voroshilov, or KV for short, became a huge problem for the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the invasion of the USSR.

Until the appearance of the Panzerjägerkanone 1941 anti-tank gun in November 40 by the Germans, which went into mass production only in 1942, and then in August of the 42nd Tiger heavy tanks, the KV was an extremely difficult target for the Wehrmacht.

Only 150-mm artillery and 88-mm Flugabwehrkanone rifled cannon, which was subsequently installed on the Tiger, could hit him. Panzerjägerkanone 38 and 105 mm artillery could inflict damage on the KV-1 from a distance of up to 300 meters, while the PAK-36 was completely useless.

By the way, it was the adoption by the Wehrmacht of the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf.H that became the reason for creating a version of the KV-85 tank. Before that, the KV-1 and KV-1s (“high-speed” modification) were in service with the Red Army.

As tests showed, the 76-mm gun mounted on the KV-1 and KV-1s could not penetrate the armor of the Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H even from a distance of 200 meters, which automatically made these guns obsolete.

Based on this, the Soviet leadership decided to create a new modification of the KV with an 85-mm cannon. The same gun was planned to be installed on the new IS tank being developed.

The KV-85 version was adopted by the Red Army in August 43. In total, 148 of these tanks were produced, which took an active part in the battles with the German invaders during the Great Patriotic War. Production of the KV-85 ceased immediately after the adoption of the IS-1.

It is worth noting that the Klim Voroshilov with an 85 mm gun was more of an intermediate tank between the KV-1s and IS-1. From its predecessor, the new modification "borrowed" the entire undercarriage and armored hull. At the same time, the KV-85 turret and gun came from a promising IS. The small changes that this model of the Soviet tank received only concerned the armored parts of the turret box.

Comments

[mark1]

"Klim Voroshilov" with an 85-mm cannon was more of an intermediate tank between the KV-1s and IS-1.

There was another intermediate "Klim" between KV-1S and IS-2, and it was called KV-122, but it was late despite the ardent desire of the plant management, by this time problems with the production of IS-122 had been resolved (IS-2 it became known as a little later)

[Reader 2013]

Somehow not very informative.
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[Leshak]

In my opinion - the best tank of the Great Patriotic War.

[Amateur]

A total of 148 of these tanks were produced,

The fact that a new KV-85 tank appeared at the front was probably not noticed in the Red Army. Because such an amount is actually "nothing".
Information for consideration:
T-34 (76) - 35330 pcs.
T-34-85 ~ 30500
KV -3162
KV-2 - 204
T-60-5417
T-70-8231
IP (1,2) - 4367

[KCA]

KV-1, KV-2 were discontinued due to the engine, well, they couldn’t get V-2 at Klimov, the tank was healthy, heavy, but the engine was in trouble, and they released a couple of hundred of them KV-1, 2, 85, and the T-34 is more than 60, as it were, and everything about them

[KCA]

IS-1, IS-2 were really heavy tanks, IS-3, although it didn’t fight, made the “allies” crap one's pants when they realized that in a couple of days they would study the English Channel with the IS in sights

[BAI]

And it's all?!
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