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KV-1s Model 1942

GENERAL DATA
KV-1s (s for skorostnoy - speed), KV is an abbreviation for Klimenti Voroshilov -- then Soviet Defense Commissar
Heavy Tank
9R or 10R
Factory No.100 Kirovskiy Works in Chelyabinsk (ChKZ or Tankograd)

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

1370
August 1942 - late 1943

 

DIMENSIONS
42500 kg
0.73 kg/cm²
668 m
? m
? m
2.71 m
3.25 m
0.45 m

 

ARMAMENT
76.2mm Gun ZiS-5 L/41 (1)
102
360° (manual & electric)
-4° to +25° (manual)
?
TMFD, PTK
3 x 7.62 mm DT MG (2)
3042
1: Turret - 2: coaxial, bow, turret rear

 

ARMOR
Welding
60 mm / 65°
60 mm / 90°
60 mm / round
30 mm / 0°
50 mm / 25° (glacis)
75 mm / 60° (driver)
-
60 mm / round
40 mm / 0° (front)
30 mm / 0-10° (rear)
82 mm / round
75 mm / 75°
75 mm / 75°
40 mm / 0°
90 mm / round
-
-
-

 

AUTOMOTIVE
W-2Ks
V12
650 hp at 2000 rpm
12.5 hp / ton
5 forward, 1 reverse
600-615 L Diesel

 

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

 

PERFORMANCES
30km/hon road, 13 km/h off road
225 km on road, 180 km off road
250 L/100 km on road
36° (from horizontal)
2.8 m
1.2. m
1.6 m
9.45 m

 

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