Soviet KV 2 heavy tank, got stuck in the mud near a airfield

Soviet KV 2 heavy tank, got stuck in the mud near a airfield

Mar 19, 2018 #Red Army, #Wehrmacht

Soviet KV 2

 

Soviet  KV 2 heavy tank from 7 Mechanized Corps of the Red Army Armored Force, got stuck in  mud in area from a airfield during Great Patriotic War.
Behind this tank is destroyed Soviet biplane plane (probably R-5) and German transport aircraft Junkers Ju 52.

Tank of  mod.1940

This heavy tank is Soviet heavy assault tank of initial period Great Patriotic War. The abbreviation KV means “Kliment Voroshilov” is official name of  serial Soviet heavy tanks of the 1939-1943 edition, named afterhero of Civil War in Russia, military and political figure Voroshilov, Kliment Yefremovich. Originally, tank was called “KV with a big turret” (unlike KV-1)

Engine:

Soviet KV 2 tank was equipped with a four-stroke V-shaped 12-cylinder diesel engine V-2K with a capacity of 500 horsepower (382 kW) at 1800 rpm. Subsequently, power of the KV-2 engine was brought to 600 horsepower (441 kW).

 

 

Location: Vitebsk city, USSR
Time when the photo was taken: 1941

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