KV-2

## Weapons

### Primary Weapon

152-mm M10 S L/24 Turret Cannon | 350 Damage | 19 shots per minute | 3 seconds reload time

### Secondary Weapons

Machine Gun | 10 Damage / 750 shots per minute / Reload time of 6

The **KV-2** has been in the game since Demo 2 and is a heavy tank of the Soviet Union. It is particularly distinguished by his gun, which can pose a danger even for heavy tanks. It is perfect as a bunker cracker. However, the KV-2 also has a lower rate of fire.

## Armament

 Fire RPM
 Fire Range
 Turret Turn

## History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment\_Voroshilov\_tank#Models

The KV-2 was developed on the chassis of the KV-1 when the Soviet General Staff called for a heavily armored tank to fight against fortified positions and bunkers. In order to meet this requirement, the tower was enlarged to accommodate a shortened 152 mm artillery piece. The high silhouette of the vehicle now required reinforced armor on the tower in order to withstand the expected violent shelling. The combat weight of the KV-2 increased to 57 tons and its top speed dropped to below 30 km / h. The only Soviet variant of the KV-2 was the KV-2b, which was not based on the chassis of the KV-1, but on the chassis of the improved KV-1A.

The tank was mass-produced in 1940 after approval of the design. The Soviet Union manufactured around 330 vehicles of the KV-2 and KV-2b versions. Both variants of the KV-2 turned out to be too heavy to be used in difficult terrain according to modern principles. The rapid movement battles around 1941 in particular required high mobility with moderate fuel consumption from the tanks involved on the German and Soviet side. The KV-2 did not meet any of these requirements and was also very susceptible to repairs. As a result of these problems, most of the KW-2 were lost due to technical defects or lack of fuel, or got stuck in poor terrain and were abandoned. The tower could only be turned when the vehicle was in a horizontal position.

The low rate of fire, the slow turret swivel mechanism and the slow-flying 152 mm artillery shell made the KV-2 unsuitable for fighting its smaller and more agile opponents. Although the core armor could not be penetrated by the German combat vehicle cannons at the beginning of the German-Soviet war, the KV was shot unable to move and the crew was thus forced to surrender. However, their destruction was mostly left to the Luftwaffe. There are a few known cases in which a single KV-2 stopped entire German tank companies by blocking the passage at an area bottleneck. The KV-2 was called "52-tonner" by the German soldiers and was the horror of the armored troops at the beginning of the war. After German troops overran the production sites, the production of the tank ended and was not restarted elsewhere, since the whole construction had turned out to be a failure anyway.

Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS used captured KV-2 tanks under the name Panzerkampfwagen (Pzkpfw) KV-2 754 (r). As a prey tank, it was used as an artillery observation tank, among other things, due to its excellent size. According to files, individual KV-2s can be obtained from the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking", the 269th Infantry Division and the Panzer Department e.g. 66 evidence.

## In Game

### Pros

* Has alot armor.
* Has a high damage cannon.
* Good Bunker Buster.

### Cons

* Has low HP for the cost.
* Only has 1 MG.