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The lesson of the Spanish Civil War made Soviet tank designers work tirelessly.
At the same time, according to the previous progress, around 38 years ago, two experimental models of SMK and T100 heavy tanks in the Soviet Union began trial production and equipped with the Red Army.
Among them, SMK "Kirov" heavy tanks are designed by kejing. At least, multi turret tanks are the mainstream at this time.
Therefore, this tank has two turrets, just like the land cruiser. The main turret is equipped with a 76.2mm main gun, and the front lower sub turret is equipped with a 45mm gun, with 7 crew members and a total combat weight of 55 tons.
It sounds like an absolute heavy tank, but because it is multi turret, the armor thickness is only 20 to 60 mm, which is difficult to meet the protection needs on the battlefield.
Moreover, 55 tons is already the upper design limit of the tank. If you want to improve the protection, you can only change to the layout of a single turret.
Therefore, last year, kejing personally presided over the development of a new single turret heavy tank based on SMK heavy tank.
Last year, order No. 45 of the Soviet Ministry of defense officially decided to start the project and named the new tank after field marshal Krim Voroshilov (kV).
Because this tank inherits the body shape, internal structure, suspension system and transmission mechanism of SMK tank, it only changes the turret and adds thickness, so the progress is very fast. Under the stimulation of Germany, a sample vehicle has been produced now.
However, in fact, the original SMK tank is a test object, and a large number of mechanical problems have not been solved. Therefore, the same is true for the new kV Tank.
Historically, KV-1 participated in the actual battle in the Soviet Finnish war of 39 years, with good results, but the comprehensive test was not over at that time.
When KV-1 was tested at Kubinka test site near Leningrad, many problems were found in transmission, gearbox and traveling mechanism during 2648 km driving test.
As a result, 200 KV-1 tanks were originally planned to be produced in 1940, but the first production KV-1 did not leave the factory until the end of the year.
Now, of course, there are still many technical problems with KV-1 tank. However, facing the pressure from Germany, the Soviet Union had no choice but to put this tank into production as soon as possible!
After hearing Stalin's question, marshal Voroshilov immediately put forward the KV-1 tank. Now, there is no choice but to put this tank into production immediately!
That's a tank designed by my son-in-law. We must give full support!
After hearing voloshilov's words, Stalin recalled the previous meeting in his mind and asked, "Kharkov factory seems to have a tank project, too? How's the project going? "
After hearing this question, mareshev just wanted to say something, and was taken over by Marshal Voroshilov: "the A-32 project has long fallen behind. Their tank can't compete with the latest German tanks. Moreover, it is said that their tanks still have many faults and can't reach the state of equipping the troops."
After hearing marshal Voroshilov's words, mareshev could only swallow what he just wanted to say.
The great cleansing campaign killed many marshals, the only remaining marshals, which Stalin trusted most. Since voloshilov published one, mareshev could not refute it. He didn't want to make trouble for himself.
Hearing this, Stalin nodded: "the progress of tanks can no longer be delayed. If they meet the finalization requirements after testing, they will be put into production as soon as possible."
Thinking of the overwhelming number of tanks in Germany, Stalin was unhappy. He must expand the Soviet tank forces as soon as possible. Only in this way can he fight Germany.
The meeting ended hastily. Mareshev conveyed the spirit of the meeting. When he heard the news, Koshkin was full of anger.
"Our project is much better than kejing's project." Koshkin said: "now, our sample vehicle has the ability to participate in the test. Comrade Stalin also affirmed our plan at the beginning. We must let Comrade Stalin know the progress of our tanks!"
At the beginning, when Koshkin handed in his plan, Stalin was sure, but now, the sample car has been built and waiting for testing. As a result, marshal Voroshilov, who covered the sky with one hand, was shot!
How does that work? Have all the hard work these days been in vain? Koshkin will never be reconciled!
The self weight of KV-1 is too large. Under such self weight, mechanical faults will occur frequently. Koshkin has made an investigation for a long time. The 30 ton tank is the most suitable, and his A-32 project is the most suitable!
At the same time, after learning about the progress of German tanks, Koshkin also plans to further expand the gun ring size and insert larger tank guns. Since the German tank guns have 75mm, just use their own tanks and 85mm tank guns!
But now, before everything had been affected, marshal Voroshilov had seized the living space by such means!
No, absolutely not!
Standing in the cold workshop and looking at the hard crystallization in front of him, Koshkin suddenly had an idea in his mind: "simply, let's drive this tank from Kharkov to Moscow!"
How to show the good mechanical performance of your tank? A long journey, of course!
KV tanks, needless to say, run thousands of kilometers, run hundreds of kilometers, there will be various mechanical faults, and his current A-32 tank is absolutely no problem!
Compared with history, the progress of the project of Kharkov plant is also much earlier. Although there is still a certain distance between A-32 tank and T-34, he has full confidence in the most critical reliability.
In the power system, the key is the engine. For this tank, Koshkin's assistant, molozov, successfully developed a 12 cylinder 39 liter V-2 diesel engine with a power of 500 horsepower.
This excellent engine makes the A-32 tank gun very fast. The maximum speed on the road reaches 55km / h. at the same time, it also saves fuel.
The tank has a fuel tank capacity of 460 liters, and a backup fuel tank with a capacity of 39 liters is hung on both sides of the body, with a journey of 540 kilometers.
German tanks also use diesel engines, which is just like what heroes think.
In contrast, kV tanks now use aviation gasoline engines!
(in history, kejing saw that the T-34 diesel engine was good and then installed it on the kV Tank. Now history has advanced, and kejing has not had this opportunity.)
"I personally participated in the test and drove to Moscow to show Comrade Stalin our tanks!" Koshkin made up his mind.
Outside, snowflakes are flying.
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The lesson of the Spanish Civil War made Soviet tank designers work tirelessly.
At the same time, according to the previous progress, around 38 years ago, two experimental models of SMK and T100 heavy tanks in the Soviet Union began trial production and equipped with the Red Army.
Among them, SMK "Kirov" heavy tanks are designed by kejing. At least, multi turret tanks are the mainstream at this time.
Therefore, this tank has two turrets, just like the land cruiser. The main turret is equipped with a 76.2mm main gun, and the front lower sub turret is equipped with a 45mm gun, with 7 crew members and a total combat weight of 55 tons.
It sounds like an absolute heavy tank, but because it is multi turret, the armor thickness is only 20 to 60 mm, which is difficult to meet the protection needs on the battlefield.
Moreover, 55 tons is already the upper design limit of the tank. If you want to improve the protection, you can only change to the layout of a single turret.
Therefore, last year, kejing personally presided over the development of a new single turret heavy tank based on SMK heavy tank.
Last year, order No. 45 of the Soviet Ministry of defense officially decided to start the project and named the new tank after field marshal Krim Voroshilov (kV).
Because this tank inherits the body shape, internal structure, suspension system and transmission mechanism of SMK tank, it only changes the turret and adds thickness, so the progress is very fast. Under the stimulation of Germany, a sample vehicle has been produced now.
However, in fact, the original SMK tank is a test object, and a large number of mechanical problems have not been solved. Therefore, the same is true for the new kV Tank.
Historically, KV-1 participated in the actual battle in the Soviet Finnish war of 39 years, with good results, but the comprehensive test was not over at that time.
When KV-1 was tested at Kubinka test site near Leningrad, many problems were found in transmission, gearbox and traveling mechanism during 2648 km driving test.
As a result, 200 KV-1 tanks were originally planned to be produced in 1940, but the first production KV-1 did not leave the factory until the end of the year.
Now, of course, there are still many technical problems with KV-1 tank. However, facing the pressure from Germany, the Soviet Union had no choice but to put this tank into production as soon as possible!
After hearing Stalin's question, marshal Voroshilov immediately put forward the KV-1 tank. Now, there is no choice but to put this tank into production immediately!
That's a tank designed by my son-in-law. We must give full support!
After hearing voloshilov's words, Stalin recalled the previous meeting in his mind and asked, "Kharkov factory seems to have a tank project, too? How's the project going? "
After hearing this question, mareshev just wanted to say something, and was taken over by Marshal Voroshilov: "the A-32 project has long fallen behind. Their tank can't compete with the latest German tanks. Moreover, it is said that their tanks still have many faults and can't reach the state of equipping the troops."
After hearing marshal Voroshilov's words, mareshev could only swallow what he just wanted to say.
The great cleansing campaign killed many marshals, the only remaining marshals, which Stalin trusted most. Since voloshilov published one, mareshev could not refute it. He didn't want to make trouble for himself.
Hearing this, Stalin nodded: "the progress of tanks can no longer be delayed. If they meet the finalization requirements after testing, they will be put into production as soon as possible."
Thinking of the overwhelming number of tanks in Germany, Stalin was unhappy. He must expand the Soviet tank forces as soon as possible. Only in this way can he fight Germany.
The meeting ended hastily. Mareshev conveyed the spirit of the meeting. When he heard the news, Koshkin was full of anger.
"Our project is much better than kejing's project." Koshkin said: "now, our sample vehicle has the ability to participate in the test. Comrade Stalin also affirmed our plan at the beginning. We must let Comrade Stalin know the progress of our tanks!"
At the beginning, when Koshkin handed in his plan, Stalin was sure, but now, the sample car has been built and waiting for testing. As a result, marshal Voroshilov, who covered the sky with one hand, was shot!
How does that work? Have all the hard work these days been in vain? Koshkin will never be reconciled!
The self weight of KV-1 is too large. Under such self weight, mechanical faults will occur frequently. Koshkin has made an investigation for a long time. The 30 ton tank is the most suitable, and his A-32 project is the most suitable!
At the same time, after learning about the progress of German tanks, Koshkin also plans to further expand the gun ring size and insert larger tank guns. Since the German tank guns have 75mm, just use their own tanks and 85mm tank guns!
But now, before everything had been affected, marshal Voroshilov had seized the living space by such means!
No, absolutely not!
Standing in the cold workshop and looking at the hard crystallization in front of him, Koshkin suddenly had an idea in his mind: "simply, let's drive this tank from Kharkov to Moscow!"
How to show the good mechanical performance of your tank? A long journey, of course!
KV tanks, needless to say, run thousands of kilometers, run hundreds of kilometers, there will be various mechanical faults, and his current A-32 tank is absolutely no problem!
Compared with history, the progress of the project of Kharkov plant is also much earlier. Although there is still a certain distance between A-32 tank and T-34, he has full confidence in the most critical reliability.
In the power system, the key is the engine. For this tank, Koshkin's assistant, molozov, successfully developed a 12 cylinder 39 liter V-2 diesel engine with a power of 500 horsepower.
This excellent engine makes the A-32 tank gun very fast. The maximum speed on the road reaches 55km / h. at the same time, it also saves fuel.
The tank has a fuel tank capacity of 460 liters, and a backup fuel tank with a capacity of 39 liters is hung on both sides of the body, with a journey of 540 kilometers.
German tanks also use diesel engines, which is just like what heroes think.
In contrast, kV tanks now use aviation gasoline engines!
(in history, kejing saw that the T-34 diesel engine was good and then installed it on the kV Tank. Now history has advanced, and kejing has not had this opportunity.)
"I personally participated in the test and drove to Moscow to show Comrade Stalin our tanks!" Koshkin made up his mind.
Outside, snowflakes are flying.
The lesson of the Spanish Civil War made Soviet tank designers work tirelessly.At the same time, according to the previous progress, around 38 years ago, two experimental models of SMK and T100 heavy tanks in the Soviet Union began trial production and equipped with the Red Army.Among them, SMK "Kirov" heavy tanks are designed by kejing. At least, multi turret tanks are the mainstream at this time.Therefore, this tank has two turrets, just like the land cruiser. The main turret is equipped with a 76.2mm main gun, and the front lower sub turret is equipped with a 45mm gun, with 7 crew members and a total combat weight of 55 tons.It sounds like an absolute heavy tank, but because it is multi turret, the armor thickness is only 20 to 60 mm, which is difficult to meet the protection needs on the battlefield.Moreover, 55 tons is already the upper design limit of the tank. If you want to improve the protection, you can only change to the layout of a single turret.Therefore, last year, kejing personally presided over the development of a new single turret heavy tank based on SMK heavy tank.Last year, order No. 45 of the Soviet Ministry of defense officially decided to start the project and named the new tank after field marshal Krim Voroshilov kV.Because this tank inherits the body shape, internal structure, suspension system and transmission mechanism of SMK tank, it only changes the turret and adds thickness, so the progress is very fast. Under the stimulation of Germany, a sample vehicle has been produced now.However, in fact, the original SMK tank is a test object, and a large number of mechanical problems have not been solved. Therefore, the same is true for the new kV Tank.Historically, KV-1 participated in the actual battle in the Soviet Finnish war of 39 years, with good results, but the comprehensive test was not over at that time.When KV-1 was tested at Kubinka test site near Leningrad, many problems were found in transmission, gearbox and traveling mechanism during 2648 km driving test.As a result, 200 KV-1 tanks were originally planned to be produced in 1940, but the first production KV-1 did not leave the factory until the end of the year.Now, of course, there are still many technical problems with KV-1 tank. However, facing the pressure from Germany, the Soviet Union had no choice but to put this tank into production as soon as possible!After hearing Stalin's question, marshal Voroshilov immediately put forward the KV-1 tank. Now, there is no choice but to put this tank into production immediately!That's a tank designed by my son-in-law. We must give full support!After hearing voloshilov's words, Stalin recalled the previous meeting in his mind and asked, "Kharkov factory seems to have a tank project, too? How's the project going? "After hearing this question, mareshev just wanted to say something, and was taken over by Marshal Voroshilov: "the A-32 project has long fallen behind. Their tank can't compete with the latest German tanks. Moreover, it is said that their tanks still have many faults and can't reach the state of equipping the troops."After hearing marshal Voroshilov's words, mareshev could only swallow what he just wanted to say.The great cleansing campaign killed many marshals, the only remaining marshals, which Stalin trusted most. Since voloshilov published one, mareshev could not refute it. He didn't want to make trouble for himself.Hearing this, Stalin nodded: "the progress of tanks can no longer be delayed. If they meet the finalization requirements after testing, they will be put into production as soon as possible."Thinking of the overwhelming number of tanks in Germany, Stalin was unhappy. He must expand the Soviet tank forces as soon as possible. Only in this way can he fight Germany.The meeting ended hastily. Mareshev conveyed the spirit of the meeting. When he heard the news, Koshkin was full of anger."Our project is much better than kejing's project." Koshkin said: "now, our sample vehicle has the ability to participate in the test. Comrade Stalin also affirmed our plan at the beginning. We must let Comrade Stalin know the progress of our tanks!"At the beginning, when Koshkin handed in his plan, Stalin was sure, but now, the sample car has been built and waiting for testing. As a result, marshal Voroshilov, who covered the sky with one hand, was shot!How does that work? Have all the hard work these days been in vain? Koshkin will never be reconciled!The self weight of KV-1 is too large. Under such self weight, mechanical faults will occur frequently. Koshkin has made an investigation for a long time. The 30 ton tank is the most suitable, and his A-32 project is the most suitable!At the same time, after learning about the progress of German tanks, Koshkin also plans to further expand the gun ring size and insert larger tank guns. Since the German tank guns have 75mm, just use their own tanks and 85mm tank guns!But now, before everything had been affected, marshal Voroshilov had seized the living space by such means!No, absolutely not!Standing in the cold workshop and looking at the hard crystallization in front of him, Koshkin suddenly had an idea in his mind: "simply, let's drive this tank from Kharkov to Moscow!"How to show the good mechanical performance of your tank? A long journey, of course!KV tanks, needless to say, run thousands of kilometers, run hundreds of kilometers, there will be various mechanical faults, and his current A-32 tank is absolutely no problem!Compared with history, the progress of the project of Kharkov plant is also much earlier. Although there is still a certain distance between A-32 tank and T-34, he has full confidence in the most critical reliability.In the power system, the key is the engine. For this tank, Koshkin's assistant, molozov, successfully developed a 12 cylinder 39 liter V-2 diesel engine with a power of 500 horsepower.This excellent engine makes the A-32 tank gun very fast. The maximum speed on the road reaches 55km / h. at the same time, it also saves fuel.The tank has a fuel tank capacity of 460 liters, and a backup fuel tank with a capacity of 39 liters is hung on both sides of the body, with a journey of 540 kilometers.German tanks also use diesel engines, which is just like what heroes think.In contrast, kV tanks now use aviation gasoline engines!in history, kejing saw that the T-34 diesel engine was good and then installed it on the kV Tank. Now history has advanced, and kejing has not had this opportunity."I personally participated in the test and drove to Moscow to show Comrade Stalin our tanks!" Koshkin made up his mind.Outside, snowflakes are flying.
