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This tank was made to replace T-37/38. It has a bulky but yet a simple design.
The early version of the T-40 was armed with a 12.7 mm
machine gun but then later was made into a 20 mm. The first tanks was used in
Finland 1940. It was very ineffective. Therefore the armor was thickened to help
its defense against small arms fire. |
In the mid 1943 the KV-1 was refitted with a new type of cast turret and a new 85 mm gun. It was
named KV-85. The crew was reduced to four men - commander, gunner, driver and loader.
It could carry an ammoload of 70 shells. The turret was fitted with a commanders cupola. Turret
design was later adopted by some T-34/85s. It countered the German Tiger VI and Panther V and
all units were used up during the winter of 1943/1944 |