Key to the form and function of the KV-2 was its 152mm main gun armament and stout armor protection which made for an imposing combat system. Whereas the KV-1 series was intended as a direct combat tank designed to tackle enemy tank systems and spearhead advances, the KV-2 was utilized moreso as a close-support/fire-support vehicle designed to lob large-caliber, high-explosive shells against enemy positions during such an advance. The SU-76 was deployed primarily as an infantry direct support weapon, becoming the infantry tank of the Red Infantry, much as the StuG III became the infantry tank of the German infantry.įeaturing full colour artwork and written by an expert on tank warfare during World War II, this fascinating study describes one of the Soviet Union's most important armoured vehicles during its struggle with Nazi Germany.The KV-2 assault gun tank was developed from the KV-1 series of heavy tanks appearing in 1939-1940 with the Red Army. This led to the design of the SU-76, which saw its combat debut at Kursk in the summer of 1943. Inspired in part by the German Marder series of tank destroyers, Soviet designers realized that the chassis of the obsolete T-70 light tank could be adapted to a much more substantial gun if it was placed in a fixed casemate rather than in a turret. The SU-76 assault gun was the second most widely manufactured Soviet armoured fighting vehicle of World War II, out-numbered only by the legendary T-34. L'iconografia comprende foto dei mezzi in azione e di dettagli le stupende tavole a colori e i disegni al tratto sono di grande aiuto per i modellisti.
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