In the fall of 1941, the Russian high command requested a mobile artillery vehicle. In December 1941 the Object 229 was put out; it was the KV-1 Model 1942 armed with a 122mm U-11 tank howitzer. After successful tests, it was accepted as the KV-9. The weight of the tank was 47 tons and it had a crew of four men: two in the turret and two in the hull. The tank had the easily replaced cast turret from the KV-1. For protection against antitank guns, its frontal armor had an enormous (for the time) thickness of 135mm. The armor thickness on the turret roof was 40mm. The tank was equipped with a TMFD telescopic sight. The U-11 cannon had semi-fixed ammunition from the M-30 Howitzer. The tank's basic load consisted of 48 rounds for the main gun and 2,646 cartridges for the three 7.62mm DT machine guns.
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Product Details:
Scale: 1/35
Skill Level: 3
Length: 7.8”
Width: 3.75”
Parts: 320+
- Painting and assembly required
- 10 sprues
- One photo-etched fret
- One decal sheet
- Clear parts
- 16 poly caps
- Brass wire
- One-piece slide-molded turret and lower hull
- Individual track links
- Illustrated instructions and paint guide
*Cyanoacrylate glue is required for photo-etched parts*
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Paint Guide:
Russian Green
Steel
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