WW2 KV 1 Model 1941 Late M1942 footag - КВ 1 серийный Танк танк клим ворошилов 1- Part 3

Originally uploaded on Mar 4, 2020. WW2 KV-1 Model 1941 Late M1942 footage - КВ-1 серийный - Танк, танк клим ворошилов 1, Part 3. KV-1B - KV-1C late production. The development of the KV-1 began after the heavy tanks T-28 ( T-28 was actually classed as a Medium tank) and T-35's flaws came to light. During the development in 1937 the T-100s and the SMK prototype were designed and both had tandem turrets, heavy armour, wide tracks, and used the torsion-bar suspension. These tanks were tested in 1939, during the operations in Finland during the “Winter War” These heavy tanks proved to be resistant, but showed very poor reliability and mobility, were costly and difficult to maintain. But a single-turreted variant of the SMK was drawn up, named the KV, which was named after the then Soviet Defense Commissar Kliment Voroshilov. the KV prototypes outperformed the T-100 and SMK and was subsequently approved for a 50-unit pre-series of tanks and after testing the first t