Soviet armoured fighting vehicles of WWII
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when steel was never spared
TANK T-35
series-produced heavy tank with five combat turrets
an unreliable machine rooted in an outdated concept
more successful at parades than at the front
TANK SMK
heavy tank prototype with two combat turrets
developed as part of the tender to replace the T-35
the sole prototype saw combat deployment in Finland
TANK T-100
developed as part of the search for a T-35 successor
the sole prototype saw combat in the Winter War
TANK KV-1
series-produced heavy tank
developed as an alternative to the SMK and T-100
progressively fitted with several variants of 76.2 mm gun
TANK KV-2
more of a self-propelled howitzer than a tank
a heavily armoured behemoth weighing 54 tonnes
armed with an M-10 howitzer of 152 mm calibre
TANK KV-85
the answer to the question of what to do next with the KV-1
a transitional step between the KV and IS tank families
armed with an 85 mm gun and three machine guns
TANK IS-1
designed in response to the German Panther and Tiger tanks
successor to the KV series, which had reached its limits
armed with an 85 mm gun and two machine guns
TANK IS-2
the most widely produced Soviet heavy tank of the WWII
armed with a 122 mm gun and two machine guns
TANK IS-3
heavy tank developed towards the end of the WWII
highly modern hull and turret design
heavy tank with five combat turrets
unreliable machine of an outdated concept
more successful at parades than in combat
heavy tank with two combat turrets
developed to replace the T-35 tank
prototype saw combat in the Winter War
outcompeted the SMK and T-100
armed with a 76.2 mm gun
more of a SPG than a tank
a behemoth weighing 54 tonnes
armed with an M-10 howitzer of 152 mm
the last generation of KV tanks
bridge between the KV and IS families
armed with an 85 mm gun
response to the Tigers and Panthers
successor to the obsolete KV tanks
the most widely produced Soviet heavy tank
armed with a 122 mm gun
heavy tank developed late in the war
modern hull and turret design
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