Super Heavy Tank – Blueprints Only The KV-4 program was started in March 1941 to deal with alleged new heavy tank advances by the German Reich. Development took place at the Leningrad Kirov Factory design bureau SKB-2 headed by J.Y. Kotin. A design competition was held, with over 27 di...
Super Heavy Tank – Blueprints Only The KV-4 program was launched in the spring of 1941 as a response to the rumor of a German super heavy tank. Thus the LKZ factory in Leningrad was set to design a heavy tank capable of challenging the alleged German tank. A design competition was star...
In March 1941, the Kirov and Izhora Plants were tasked with working on shielding the KV-1 tank. The final versions of drafts were reviewed on May 13, 1941, and blueprints were approved on June 19. The front of the vehicle needed reinforcing, as did the turret and sides of the hull....
One hull will be delivered from the Izhorsk Plant at the end of October and the preparation of this tank is to be completed by 5 November. The second hull will be completed in November.By 1 December 1940 the Kirov Plant is to prepare two KV tanks with 100mm armor. One will have the...
Super Heavy Tank – Blueprints Only The KV-4 heavy tank program was started in April of 1941, based on an illusion of Soviet Intelligence services, which claimed that the Germans were working on a 90-tonne heavy tank. Design was undertaken at the LKZ factory via a competition of engineers....