Overview[]
The KV is a prototype heavy tank developed in the late 1930s. The vehicle was further developed and entered service and mass production as the KV-1.
Variants[]
- KV
- Prototype model.
- KV-1 obr. 1939g.
- First production model. 141 built.
- KV-1 obr. 1940g.
- Upgraded with a new mantlet and 76.2mm F-32 cannon.
- KV-1E obr. 1940g.
- KV-1 obr. 1940g. with additional armour plating.
- KV-1 obr. 1941g.
- Overall upgrade including a new gun and more armour.
- KV-1 obr. 1942g.
- Thicker turret armour, both cast and welded turrets were made. Up armoured again as well as a new engine.
- KV-1S Model 1942
- A variant with higher speed but thinner armour. A new smaller cast turret with redesigned rear hull. New transmission. 1370 built.
- KV-2
- Up-gunned assault model with a 152mm howitzer.
- KV-2-85
- KV-2 re-armed with a 85mm F-39 gun.
- KV-2-107
- KV-2 re-armed with a 107mm ZiS-6 gun.
- Object 218
- Mine-trawling vehicle based on KV chassis.
- KV-220 / T-220 / KV-4 — Object 220
- Modernization of the KV-1 with new turret and 85mm gun.
- KV-221 / T-221 — Object 221
- Modernization of the KV-1 with new turret and 85mm gun.
- KV-222 — Object 222
- Modernization of the KV-1 with new turret and 76mm gun.
- KV-3 — Object 223
- Modernization of the KV-1 with new turret and 107mm gun.
- KV-4 — Object 224
- Project tank.
- KV-5 — Object 225
- Project tank.
- Object 226
- Reinforced KV-1 project, possibly known as KV-6.
- KV-7 — Object 227
- Heavy assault model.
- KV-8 — Object 228
- A KV-1 with the ATO-41 flamethrower coaxial to the main gun. The main gun was replaced with a 45mm 20-K and the coaxial MG was still functional.
- KV-8S — Object 235
- A KV-8 made on the KV-1S chassis, an upgraded flamethrower as well.
- KV-8M
- Upgraded KV-8S with two flamethrowers. Two prototypes were constructed.
- KV-9 — Object 229
A KV-1 with the 122mm U-11 cannon, one prototype was constructed and tested in 1941.
- KV-10 / KV-1K — Object 230
- KV-1 with fixed rocket launchers.
- KV-11 — Object 231
- A KV-1 with the 85mm F-30 cannon. Projected in 1942, not built.
- KV-12 — Object 232
- Experimental chemical tank, 4 external toxin tanks. Not taken into service.
- KV-13 / IS-1 — Object 233
- Prototype medium tank.
- KV-13 — Object 234
- Prototype medium tank.
- KV-14 — Object 236
Prototype for the 152mm self-propelled gun carrier. Accepted into service as the SU-152.
- KV-85 — Object 239
- Modernized KV armed with an 85mm gun in a new large turret. Competed with KV-85G.
- KV-85G — Object 238
- KV-1S with the 85mm S-31 cannon. This vehicle was identical to the KV-1S except the gun. This variant was a competitor to the KV-85 during proving, it lost.
- KV-100
- A KV-85 with the 100mm S-34 cannon. One prototype was made in 1944.
- KV-122
- A KV-1S with the 122mm S-41 howitzer. One prototype was made in 1943.
- KV-122-2
- A KV-85 with the 122mm D-25T cannon. One prototype was made in 1944.
- KV-152
- Proposal to somehow jam a 152mm gun in the turret of the KV-85.
 Soviet UnionLand Vehicles Interwar & World War II Period (1919 — 1945) |
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| Tracked Vehicles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Light Tanks | Tankettes | PPG • T-17 • T-21 • T-23 • T-27 |
| Standard Light Tanks | GAZ-70 • LTG • LTP • LTTB • NI • Obj. 211 • Obj. 217 • T-18 (M) • T-26 (1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • -1 • -4) • T-30 • T-45 • T-50 • T-53 • T-60 (1 • 2 • ZiS-19) • T-70 (M) • T-80 • T-118T • T-126 • T-127 | |
| Amphibious Light Tanks | PT-1 (A) • T-5PCh • T-36 • T-37 1933 • T-37 1934 • T-38 • T-39 • T-40 • T-41 • T-43 (-1 • -2) • TM | |
| Flamethrower & Chemical Light Tanks | KhBT-7 • OT-7 • OT-26 • OT-130 • OT-131 • OT-132 • OT-133 • OT-134 | |
| Remote Controlled Light Tanks | TTBT-7 • TT-26 • TU-26 | |
| Utility Light Tanks | BT-DT • SBT | |
| Cavalry/Fast Tanks | Ob. A-8 • Ob. A-20 BDT-1 • BT-1 • BT-2 • BT-2IS • BT-3 • BT-4 • BT-5 (A • IS • PKh) • BT-6 • BT-7 (M) • BT-20 • D-38 • MT-25 • T-46 | |
| Command Light Tanks | BT-TU • KBT-7 • T-26PT | |
| Medium Tanks | Standard Medium Tanks | Ob. A-20 • Ob. A-32 • Ob. A-34 • Ob. A-43 • Ob. A-44 KV-13 • T-22 • T-24 • T-28 (1932 • 1934 • 1938 • E 1938 • 1940) • T-29 • T-34 (G • K • S) • T-43 • T-44 • T-112 |
| Flamethrowing Medium Tanks | OT-28 • OT-34 • OT-34-85 | |
| Heavy Tanks | Standard Heavy Tanks | Ob. 103 • Ob. 220 • Ob. 221 • Ob. 222 • Ob. 223 • Ob. 224 • Ob. 225 • Ob. 226 • Ob. 227 • Ob. 228 • Ob. 229 • Ob. 230 • Ob. 231 • Ob. 232 • Ob. 233 (IS) • Ob. 234 (IS) • Ob. 235 • Ob. 237 • Ob. 238 • Ob. 239 • Ob. 240 (M) • Ob. 244 • Ob. 245 • Ob. 248 • Ob. 252 • Ob. 253 IS-1 • IS-2 • IS-3 • IS-4 • IS-5 • IS-6 • IS-7 • KV-1 (1939 • 1940 • E 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • S 1942) • KV-3 • KV-4 • KV-5 • KV-7 • KV-9 • KV-10 • KV-11 • KV-85 (G) • KV-100 • KV-122 • KV-220 • KV-221 • KV-222 • Ob. 100 • SMK • T-32 • T-35-1 • T-35-2 • T-35A • T-35B • T-39 • T-100 (Z) • T-150 • U-14 |
| Flamethrowing Heavy Tanks | KV-8 • KV-8S • KV-8M • KV-12 | |
| Self-Propelled Guns | SPAA | GAZ-72 • SU-8 • SU-11 • SU-17 • SU-72 • T-60-Z • T-70-Z • T-90 • ZSU-37 • ZUT-37 |
| SPATG | Ob. 242 • Ob. 243 • Ob. 249 • Ob. 251 GAZ-71 • ISU-122 (-1 • -2 • -3 • S) • KhTZ-16 • OSU-76 • SU-26 • SU-31 • SU-71 • SU-76 (M) • SU-76i • SU-85 (M) • SU-85i • SU-85B • SU-100 • SU-101 • SU-102 • SU-122P • SU-122-44 • ZiS-30 | |
| SPG | Ob. 212 • Ob. 236 • Ob. 241 (K • M) • Ob. 246 • Ob. 247 • Ob. 250 BT-5A • BT-5AT • BT-7A • ISU-130 • ISU-152 (-1 • -2) • KV-2 • KV-14 • Ob. 212 • OSU-76 • SU-1 • SU-3 • SU-6 • SU-7 • SU-10 • SU-14-2 • SU-18 • SU-45 • SU-100-Y • SU-122 (-3 • M) • SU-130 • SU-152 • SU-212 • T-26-4 | |
| SPH | AT-1 • S-51 • SU-2 • SU-5 (-1 • -2 • -3) • SU-14 | |
| SPRA | BM-8-24 • KV-10 • RBT-5 | |
| Miscellaneous | Bridge-related | IT-26 • IT-28 • ST-26 |
| Prime Movers | BT-5PB • T-20 Komsomolets • T-26T • T-26T2 | |
| Half-Tracked Vehicles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Combat | Armoured Cars | BA-30 • BA-64Z |
| SPAA | M15A1 CGMC • ZiS-42 • ZSU-17 | |
| SPATG | GAZ-TK • SU-57 • ZiS-41 | |
| Utility | Transport | Autocar 2½-ton Halftrack • B-3 • GAZ-60 • M2 Halftrack • M5 Halftrack • NATI-3 • ZiS-22 • ZiS-33 • ZiS-35Sh • ZiS-42 • ZiS-42M |
| Wheeled Vehicles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Combat | Armoured Cars | BA-I • BA-3 • BA-5 • BA-6 (M) • BA-9 • BA-10 (M) • BA-11 (D) • BA-20 • BA-21 • BA-27 (M) • BA-64 • BA-NATI • BAD • BAD-2 • D-8 • D-12 • D-13 • FA-2 • FAI (M) • GAZ-TK • PB-4 • PB-7 • LB-23 • LB-62 |
| Railroad Armoured Cars | BA-6 ZhD • BA-10 ZhD (M) • BA-20 ZhD • BA-64 ZhD • BAD-2 ZhD • FAI ZhD | |
| SPAA | ZSU TKB-149 | |
| SPATG | KSP-76 • SD-57 (N) • ZiS-31 | |
| SPH | SU-1-12 • SU-12 | |
| SPG | SU-4 | |
| SPRA | BM-13-16 | |
| Utility | APC | BA-64E |
| Medical | BA-22 | |
| Motorcycles | BSA-M20 | |
| Transport | GAZ-63 | |
| Trailers | KP-42 • KP-43 | |