Bolt Action Russian KV 1 & 2 heavy tanks painted with slogans 1/56

Description

Offered for sale is a Bolt Action Russian KV 1 or 2 heavy tank painted with slogans and weatherd in 1/56 scale. This offer is a
two for the
price of one
in that
BOTH turrets
are includded so you get 2 types for the single price and they are in PLASTIC !
The
Kliment Voroshilov
(KV) tanks are a series of
Soviet
heavy tanks
named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician
Kliment Voroshilov
who operated with the
Red Army
during
World War II
. The KV tanks were known for their heavy armour protection during the early stages of the war, especially during the first year of the
German invasion
of the
Soviet Union
. In certain situations, even a single KV-1 or KV-2 supported by infantry could halt German formations. The German
Wehrmacht
at that time rarely deployed its tanks against KVs, as their own armament was too poor to deal with the "
Russischer Koloss
" – "Russian Colossus".
The KV tanks were practically immune to the
3.7 cm KwK 36
and
howitzer
-like, short-barreled
7.5 cm KwK 37
guns mounted, respectively, on the early
Panzer III
and
Panzer IV
tanks fielded by the invading
German
forces. Until the Germans developed more effective guns, the KV-1 was invulnerable to almost any German weapon except the
8.8 cm Flak gun
.
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Prior to the start of
Operation Barbarossa
in June 1941, about 500 of the over 22,000 tanks then in Soviet service were of the KV-1 type. As the war progressed, it became evident that there was little sense in producing the expensive KV tanks, as the
T-34
medium tank
performed better (or at least equally well) in all practical respects. In fact the only advantage the KV had over the T-34/76 was its larger and roomier three-man turret.
Later in the war, the KV series became a base for the development of the
IS
(Iosif Stalin) series of tanks and self-propelled guns.