Heavy Tanks of the USSR in the World War II (Extended edition): Unique modern and old world war technology [Kindle Edition]

Heavy Tanks of the USSR in the World War II
(Extended edition)
Unique modern and old world war technology

This publication is devoted to the main models of Soviet heavy tanks, which took part in the battles of the Second World War. This is an extended edition. It added a description of such Soviet tanks as KV-85 and KV-220.

For a number of reasons, heavy tanks were not very popular in the Soviet Union. Despite the good fighting qualities of the tanks of the "KV" and "IS" series, the most famous domestic armored vehicle is the medium T-34. You can talk a lot about the prerequisites for this scenario, but the fact remains. Moreover, some heavy tanks of the Soviet design not only could not become the most famous representatives of their class, but even get at least some glory. In this book we will consider some of the most significant models of heavy tanks of the USSR….

Content:

Heavy Tank KV-85

Heavy assault tank KV-220

Heavy Tank T-150

Heavy Tank KV “Clim Voroshilov”

The way to the first tanks KV
The history of the creation of a heavy KV tank

Series of the Soviet Heavy Tanks IS “Joseph Stalin”

Ancestors of the IS tank
The birth of the first tanks of the IS series
The development of a series of heavy IS tanks
Design of heavy tanks of the IS series
Modernization of heavy tanks of the IS series
Combat operations involving heavy IS tanks

Soviet Heavy Five-tower T-35 Breakthrough Tank

The history of the creation of the T-35 tank
Modernization of serial heavy tanks T-35
The last series of heavy tanks T-35
Combat application of heavy tanks T-35
The episode of the battle of the heavy tank T-35 near Sitno