Why KV-2?

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#KV2 #RedArmy #SovietTanks

00:00 Intro
00:29 Why KV-2?
05:35 SU-152
07:06 Bigger guns who needs a seat anyway...
11:00 Turret not turn-able on uneven terrain?
12:34 Production KV-2

[John-lpme]

Everyone asks “Why the KV2?” And “What is KV2?”
But no one cares to ask “How is KV2?”😢

[cleanerben]

"for some reason they were reluctant to be liberated"
I could fry something in all that sarcasm dripping off that.

[scotsbillhicks]

I am fascinated by the Axis plan to invade Malta. Reading dirty little secrets of World War 2 it claimed that the amphibious portion of the assault intended to use KV2s captured on the Eastern Front to assault fortifications. It would be a one-shot operation so there was no concern for logistics. At the time the Commonwealth forces probably still had 2pdr anti-tank guns and maybe some 6pdrs. Consternation would have ensued if one of them crawled into town.

[AbsorbedNastyBear]

The speaker is very knowledgeable and made some interesting points about why the KV2 but I wish you expanded on the alternative Russian design requirements for the period

[Landon.Trotsky]

I prefer the nickname "Soviet Fridge" when referring to this tank.

[jon-paulfilkins]

When you play world of tanks, and you need a light, fast tank to scout for your TOG II platoon, KV-2 is the tank for you!😉

[cannonfodder]

Learned more about a tank I recognize but never really look into. A good interview.

[StevenRhistory]

Although it may have not had the most impact in combat. It certainly made for a good photo, many pictures in my collection of soldiers enjoying the KVs

[AsbestosMuffins]

you can kind of see what they were going for if you put it in terms of a howitzer in an armored box that happens to be ontop of a tank. an SPG has the gun integrated into the vehicle such that it usually sticks down into the hull

[TheStugbit]

The turret is the most weird thing. I mean, a support tank, especially meant for tackling fortress and things like that, doesn't need a turret. It is meant for direct front attack. It's not supposed to fire at their sides. If the thing is being flanked by the enemy, that means it didn't get enough flank cover to achieve a breakthrough anyway.

[russwoodward]

In World Of Tanks we call it the Sh*t Barn. A killer if played right, but soooo hard to play right. Thanks! Checking out Peter’s new book. Appreciate the reference.

[stalkingtiger]

The Soviet answer to every problem is bigger guns. The American solution to every problem is more guns. That is why they will never be able to get along. Big guns means fewer guns overall, and more guns means smaller guns overall. We'll never be able to see eye to eye sadly.

[aluxtaiwan]

You can't go wrong with big gun, until it goes wrong.

[andrewdenzov]

Su-152 wasn’t designed as tank destroyer. It was bunker buster. It was prototyped way before red army captured tigers. And it became ‘beast killer’ more for morale reasons than from its superior firepower. Loading time, velocity and trajectory of projectiles made hitting moving tank more like a luck than ability

[frankbarnwell____]

I can see the leverage of a long caliber gun and all the weight out there overcoming even thoughtful engineers

[captainhurricane]

According to Zaloga, the KVs were all made in the same factory, Kirovsky Zavod 100 in Leningrad. When the factory was moved to Chelyabinsk, the KV2 was dropped from production. By the end of 1940, 102 KV2s had been produced.

[sargonassarg]

Unfortunately nothing was discussed regarding its performance. While it suffered with poor mobility, it was the most heavily armoured tank Russia fielded early on during the invasion of Barbarossa. It's 152 gun was highly effective against soft targets and it had 3 coaxial machine guns in the turret which gave it nearly 360 coverage, making it deadly against German infrastry.

A unique design for sure.

[CrniWuk]

Tank designer 60 ton KV? Can't be done!
Wargamming : Say no more!

[johnwilsonwsws]

The Stalinists also promoted the slogan in 1932 in Germany "First Hitler, then us!" and allowed the Nazis to build a dictatorship after January 1933 without a shot being fired. During negotiations for the 1939 non-aggression pact Stalin even "I know how much the German people love their Führer."
Operation Barbarossa, the largest land invasion in human history with 3+ million solders, came as a surprise to Stalin.

The seeming idiocies of the Stalinist regime are completely comprehensible if you understand that they served the material interests of a bureaucracy that had usurped power in a workers' state and had to conceal its agenda under pseudo-Marxist rhetoric.

[PurpleRhymesWithOrange]

I assumed this was the tank you got when the only question you ask is, "how many can you deliver before Christmas?"