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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