Stalin's Bunker Buster, The Story of the KV-2 | Cursed By Design

For a machine that has become nearly as iconic to tank fans as the world famous Tiger, T-34, or Sherman, the history behind the glorious KV2 has remained out of the direct spotlight in most history documentaries and books. Today, however, we’ll finally shine a light onto one of the most bizarre and beloved tanks to ever exist.

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[wbnc]

Cursed by design, cursed by physics, cursed by manufacturing issues...and cursed at by everyone downrange.

[mr.jancok]

KV-2, loved by the designer, loved by the fans, hated by the crew, and fear by the enemy.
thats pretty much describe KV-2 reputation

[themechanic]

Tiger 2:people are making fun of me for having a big turret

Kv2:hold my transmission

[maxkronader]

When one considers that the German armored units at the start of Barbarossa were using Pz IIs, Pz IIIs, and 38ts, any version of the KV would have seemed like a monster.

[kremit]

They designed a full blown tank faster than it takes me to finish one homework assignment

[elrusito]

This tank makes any WoT game a point and click adventure. You aim, you shoot, you kill, you die because it takes half a minute for you to reload

[GGolden]

I love the fact that this dude that dedicates his videos to researching tanks actually acknowledged the KV-2's nickname "The Russian Death Fridge".

[potatojuice]

I’d love to see something on the odd versions, the kv-2 zis 6, and others

[ptrd]

Not gonna lie, I fuckin love the KV-2. I have zero good reason for it besides one thing. I love the fact they took what was already a difficult tank to kill and then putting a huge "fuck you" gun on it resulting in a goofy, but terrifying tank. This and the BT-7 are my favs.

[alexsis]

Love how he references World of Tanks several times and then the game footage he includes is from War Thunder. Nice touch.

[LilPudgePudge]

Dispite all its flaws, the kv-2 still is one of my personal favorite tanks of all time. There is just something kinda intimidating about this massive beast with a 152mm death launcher.

[snorp]

How is the KV-2 cursed by design? It's clearly perfect in every way with its impenetrable armor, 150kph top speed, 2000mm APHEFSDS, and 30mm GAU-8 Avenger Cannon as its coaxial.

[gp]

Dzhugashvilli's fridge, bringing ice cold 152mm bottles of vodka to the frontlines.

[izumishion]

The "Monster of Raseiniai" is one of my top favorite WW2 stories. It's one of those stories that just fascinates me to no end. A single tank holds an important road all by itself for a day is incredible, especially if the tank was a KV-2, which i am more inclined to believe as 6 bodies were recovered from the tank, which the KV-1 could not hold. Truly a significant story of patriotism, honor, and fighting spirit that should never be forgotten.

[lostphoenix]

I love playing as the KV-1 in War Thunder. I spent the entire match being shot at and bombarded by artillery. The only damage I took was to the tracks, which got shot off about five times each.

[plagutank]

What a lovely video! Great work!

The KV-2 is by far my favourite tank and you brought him great honour during the documentation.
This tank was truely cursed by it's design and also a great show-case why you never rush the development of a weapon. In the end you will cause more problems then you will solve with it!

[sage]

That was pretty good, but I do miss "Oh Bugger! The tanks on fire!!!"

[animehaven]

In War Thunder, we called it "King of Derp", "Derp Gun/Tank", "Soviet Fridge"... but the OG War Thunder fans knows that it's called, the "1 Hit Meme Machine".

[christophervanoster]

I love this video. I’ve probably watched this video at least 4 times. It’s a perfect blend of comedy and documentary level information