Heavy tanks, despite what their designation may suggest, weren't simply designed to be great, lumbering hulks. Thick armor to absorb punishment was paramount, certainly, but so too was relative ...

But the 47-ton KVs were unwieldy, leaving them vulnerable to German troops maneuvering close on the flanks. A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The KV-1’s transmission, which Kotin borrowed from a U.S.-made tractor, simply sucked. But one of the tank’s biggest problems was the fact the crew could barely see ...

Traditionally only Russian ships and aircraft were named after prominent figures, though small arms also bore their inventor’s name. But two Soviet tanks are enshrined in military history not under ...

In this second part of the story of the Soviet KV battle tank, we look at how over its long years of service, the KV went from star player to standard asset before transitioning to the somewhat ...

In 1939, the KV-1 rolled out with armor German guns could not pierce. It crushed Panzer divisions, shrugged off artillery, and even inspired super-heavy experiments like the KV-4 and KV-5. But ...