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KV-1e Model 1940

GENERAL DATA
KV-1e (e ffor "s ekranami" -- with appliqué armor) (KV is an abbreviation for Klimenti Voroshilov -- then Soviet Defense Commissar]
Heavy Tank
71-TK-3
Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Leningrad (LKZ)

5 (Commander/loader, gunner, 2nd driver/mechanic, driver/mechanic, hull gunner/radio operator)

about 700
Spring-Summer 1941

 

DIMENSIONS
47500 kg
0.84 kg/cm²
6.8 m
6.8 m
0 m
2.7 m
3.3 m
0.45 m

 

ARMAMENT
76.2 mm Gun F-32 (1)
111-114
360° (manual & electric)
-4° to +25° (manual)
?
TOD-6, PT-6
3 x 7.62 mm DT MG (2)
3000-3024
1: Turret - 2: coaxial, bow, turret rear

 

ARMOR
Welding
35+75 mm / 60°
- or 35+75 mm / 90°
75 mm / round
40 mm / 0° (front)
30 mm / 0° (rear)
40 mm / 25° (glacis)
35+75 mm / 60° (driver)
-
60 mm / 40°
40 mm / 0° (front)
30 mm / 0° (rear)
75 mm / 70°
35+75 mm / 75°
75 mm / 75°
40 mm / 0°
90 mm / round
-
-
-

 

AUTOMOTIVE
W-2K
V12
600 hp at 2000 rpm
12.6 hp / ton
5 forward, 1 reverse
600 L Diesel

 

SUSPENSION
Torsion bars
6 double, steel
3 double
Rear, double
Front, double
-
Central guides, steel links
650 mm
165.10 mm
87-90
4.33 m

 

PERFORMANCES
30 km/hon road, 13 km/h off road
225 km on road, 160 km off road
? L/100 km on road
36° (from horizontal)
2.7 m
1.0 m
1.5 m
9.45 m

 

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