A German soldier posing against the backdrop of the Soviet KV1 heavy tank of the Red Army captured by the Nazi Wehrmacht Forces. Eastern Front, Second World War.
KV1 heavy tank (Klim Voroshilov) – Soviet heavy tank of World War II. It is usually referred to simply as «KV»: heavy tank was created under the same name, and only later, after the appearance of the tank KV-2, KV retrospectively from the first model got a digital code. KV 1 heavy tank manufactured from August 1939 to August 1942. KV-1 heavy tank took part in the war against Finland (the Winter War of 1939-1940) and World War II.