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KV-2

USSR

Heavy Tank

Tier VI

Battle Tiers

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

Totals

Cost

920,000

Hit Points

810860 HP

Weight Limit

51.2/56.853.05/60.8 t

Crew

Commander
Gunner
Radio Operator
Driver
Loader
Loader

Mobility

Engine Power

500560 hp

Speed Limit

35 km/h

Traverse

1820 deg/s

Power/Wt Ratio

9.7710.56 hp/t

Pivot

NoNo

Armor

Hull Armor

75/75/70 mm

Turret Armor

90/75/7090/75/70 mm

Armament

Damage

337.5-562.5225-375 HP

Penetration

46-76125-209 mm

Rate of Fire

r/m

Accuracy

m

Aim time

s

Turret Traverse

deg/s

Gun Arc

360°

Elevation Arc

-7°/+18°-7°/+18°

Ammo Capacity

8050 rounds

General

Chance of Fire

2015 %

View Range

m

Signal Range

m

Parent

Child

Research

Values are Stock - click for Top

The KV-2 is a Soviet tier 6 heavy tank.

Heavy assault tank. Developed on the basis of the KV-1 in January 1940, with a total of 334 vehicles manufactured from 1940 through 1941. The KV-2 tanks were used in action in 1941, with most of the vehicles lost the same year.

Considered the "king of Derp" and the "ultimate Trolling tank", it shares the same chassis as the KV-1, but features an extremely large turret designed specifically for mounting the 152 mm M-10 howitzer. When stock, the KV-2 uses the 122mm U-11 howitzer, previously available on the KV-1 with a negligible RoF increase. When upgraded, the KV-2 gains the 152mm M-10 howitzer, known as the "Derpgun" or the "Trollcannon". This weapon is very powerful, but it has a very long reload time and has terrible accuracy. Nevertheless, in the hands of a skillful player, the KV-2 was, prior to the matchmaking change in 0.7.5, one of the few tier 6 tanks that could remain useful in even Tier 10 battles. Its armor remains unchanged from the KV-1, so at Tier 6, its armor is no longer the formidable barrier it was at tier 5, but it remains in-line with other Tier 6 tanks. The turret is extremely heavy, but fortunately this tank does have an engine upgrade available to help compensate.

The KV-2 leads to the S-51 and the T-150.

Modules

Tier	Name	Armor	Traverse Speed	Traverse Arc	View Range	XP Cost	Price	Weight
05V	MT-1	0090 90/75/70 mm	14100% crew: 14.6 deg/s + Vents: 14.93 deg/s + BiA : 15.26 deg/s + Food: 15.92 deg/s d/s	360°	320100% crew: 320 m + Vents: 326.86 m + BiA : 333.71 m + Food: 347.43 m m	0------	9,3809,380	11,050 11,050 kg

Guns compatible with this Turret:

Tier	Name	Ammo	Damage	Penetration	Shell Price	Rate of Fire	Accuracy	Aim Time	Elevation	XP Cost	Price	Weight
05V	122 mm U-11	80	450/370 HP	61/160 mm	257 /10	5.45100% crew: 5.69 rpm + Vents: 5.82 rpm + BiA : 5.95 rpm + Food: 6.2 rpm r/m	0.57100% crew: 0.55 m + Vents: 0.53 m + BiA : 0.52 m + Food: 0.5 m m	2.9100% crew: 2.78 s + Vents: 2.72 s + BiA : 2.66 s + Food: 2.55 s s	-5°/+18°	---	59,92059,920	1,600 1,600 kg
06VI	152 mm M-10	36	700/700/910 HP	110/206/86 mm	725 /12 /810	2.5100% crew: 2.61 rpm + Vents: 2.67 rpm + BiA : 2.73 rpm + Food: 2.84 rpm r/m	0.6100% crew: 0.58 m + Vents: 0.56 m + BiA : 0.55 m + Food: 0.53 m m	4100% crew: 3.84 s + Vents: 3.75 s + BiA : 3.67 s + Food: 3.52 s s	-5°/+12°	5,800	60,00060,000	2,300 2,300 kg
07VII	107 mm ZiS-6	50	300/300/360 HP	167/219/54 mm	270 /10 /280	6.19100% crew: 6.45 rpm + Vents: 6.6 rpm + BiA : 6.74 rpm + Food: 7.03 rpm r/m	0.45100% crew: 0.43 m + Vents: 0.42 m + BiA : 0.41 m + Food: 0.4 m m	3.4100% crew: 3.26 s + Vents: 3.19 s + BiA : 3.12 s + Food: 2.99 s s	-5°/+18°	14,400	68,29068,290	2,400 2,400 kg

Tier	Name	Armor	Traverse Speed	Traverse Arc	View Range	XP Cost	Price	Weight
06VI	MT-2	0090 90/75/70 mm	16100% crew: 16.69 deg/s + Vents: 17.06 deg/s + BiA : 17.44 deg/s + Food: 18.19 deg/s d/s	360°	330100% crew: 330 m + Vents: 337.07 m + BiA : 344.14 m + Food: 358.29 m m	5,3005,300	17,20017,200	12,050 12,050 kg

Guns compatible with this Turret:

Tier	Name	Ammo	Damage	Penetration	Shell Price	Rate of Fire	Accuracy	Aim Time	Elevation	XP Cost	Price	Weight
05V	122 mm U-11	80	450/370 HP	61/160 mm	257 /10	5.45100% crew: 5.69 rpm + Vents: 5.82 rpm + BiA : 5.95 rpm + Food: 6.2 rpm r/m	0.57100% crew: 0.55 m + Vents: 0.53 m + BiA : 0.52 m + Food: 0.5 m m	2.9100% crew: 2.78 s + Vents: 2.72 s + BiA : 2.66 s + Food: 2.55 s s	-7°/+18°	---	59,92059,920	1,600 1,600 kg
06VI	152 mm M-10	36	700/700/910 HP	110/206/86 mm	725 /12 /810	2.5100% crew: 2.61 rpm + Vents: 2.67 rpm + BiA : 2.73 rpm + Food: 2.84 rpm r/m	0.6100% crew: 0.58 m + Vents: 0.56 m + BiA : 0.55 m + Food: 0.53 m m	4100% crew: 3.84 s + Vents: 3.75 s + BiA : 3.67 s + Food: 3.52 s s	-7°/+12°	5,800	60,00060,000	2,300 2,300 kg
07VII	107 mm ZiS-6	50	300/300/360 HP	167/219/54 mm	270 /10 /280	6.19100% crew: 6.45 rpm + Vents: 6.6 rpm + BiA : 6.74 rpm + Food: 7.03 rpm r/m	0.45100% crew: 0.43 m + Vents: 0.42 m + BiA : 0.41 m + Food: 0.4 m m	3.4100% crew: 3.26 s + Vents: 3.19 s + BiA : 3.12 s + Food: 2.99 s s	-7°/+18°	14,400	68,29068,290	2,400 2,400 kg

Tier	Name	Power	Fire Chance	Type	XP Cost	Price	Weight
04IV	M-17F	0500 500 hp	020 20 %	Gasoline	---	13,46013,460	0610 610 kg
06VI	V-2K	0500 500 hp	015 15 %	Diesel	5,100	23,05023,050	0750 750 kg
06VI	V-5	0560 560 hp	015 15 %	Diesel	5,500	27,86027,860	0700 700 kg

Tier	Name	Load Limit	Traverse Speed	XP Cost	Price	Weight
04IV	KV-2 Mod. 40	56.856.8 t	01818 d/s	------	4,0204,020	10,600 10,600 kg
06VI	KV-2 Mod. 41	60.860.8 t	02020 d/s	4,8004,800	15,90015,900	10,600 10,600 kg

Tier	Name	Range	XP Cost	Price	Weight
05V	10R	360100% crew: 375.43 m + Vents: 383.91 m + BiA : 392.4 m + Food: 409.37 m m	0--- ---	3,6603,660	0100 100 kg
07VII	10RK	440100% crew: 458.86 m + Vents: 469.23 m + BiA : 479.6 m + Food: 500.34 m m	3,100 3,100	18,60018,600	0100 100 kg

Compatible Equipment

Compatible Consumables

Gallery

KV-2 front left view
KV-2 front right view
KV-2 rear left view
KV-2 rear right view
KV-2 1
KV-2 2
KV-2 3
KV-2 4

Player Opinion

Pros and Cons

Pros:

Very powerful 152mm M-10 gun, capable of damaging tier 10 tanks, and even the T95 frontally!
Good rate of fire and penetration (for tier 6) with the 107mm ZiS-6
Three great guns offer many choices of tactics
Very strong mantlet
The 152 mm M-10 can one-shot tanks of tier 6 (sometimes even tier 7!) and lower (except for the TOG II*)
Fear, some players fear the KV-2 and might even start retreating.
Massive splash radius can damage multiple tanks at once
Above average HE damage can cause significant module damage.
Reputation, makes players play differently to avoid the gun pointing at them

Cons:

Low speed and maneuverability
Large and tall silhouette
Bad view range
Relatively low accuracy of the 107mm gun
Horribly low accuracy and long reload time of the 152mm gun
Armor remains unchanged from the tier 5 KV-1
Turret's flat surfaces are more easily penetrated than the KV-1's
Horrifyingly slow turret traverse (one of the slowest available in game, except for Bat Chatillon 155 and SU-26)
Turret ring and main gun is easily damaged

Performance

In the right hands, this can be a very powerful tank, capable of fighting against tier 7 tanks with proper application of its strengths and weaknesses. This tank can be used as a close range brawler using the incredibly powerful M-10 howitzer and as support tank from the second line with the powerful 107mm ZiS-6, although the T-150 is able to use the ZiS-6 to better effect. The most basic and most important lesson is: never venture alone. Stay close to your allies. You will need them to cover you while you reload. They can also pick off any light tanks that attempt to circle you. Do not judge the KV-2 by its "derp" turret, as it is an extremely dangerous tank.

Since this tank's upgrade to a tier 6, it has made a massive impact on medium tank companies. This tank is actually much more effective in TC's than it is in standard battle, since it will be facing tanks at or below its tier. Out of the three Soviet tier 6 heavies, however, the KV-2 is considered the weakest by most players, simply because of the fact that it is so incredibly slow and sluggish when compared to the KV-1S and even the T-150. The best advice for this situation is, again, to fight with teammates and never lead attacks, especially if you are packing the 152mm. Also, keep in mind that the KV-2's extremely large profile is a tempting target to other tanks and artillery, so caution must be taken when crossing open fields or crucial choke points, and be sure to always keep your back clear and a safe escape route in plan.

Another thing to note about the KV-2 is that the color of the reticle does not really matter. The massive damage of the 152mm HE shell means that every enemy is guaranteed to receive damage even without penetrations, with the shell dealing 1/2 damage if it doesn't penetrate, reduced by enemy armor thickness. The damage is so massive that the HE shell can damage the T95 from the front. If it does penetrate though, the tank on the receiving end of the shell is usually blown off the map and hurled into the sun or has a large chunk of health missing together with a crippled crew and damaged modules.

Consider a Large-Caliber Tank Gun Rammer a mandatory piece of equipment on this tank.

Early Research

The V-2K engine and the 10RK radio carry over from the KV-1 and should be installed immediately upon purchasing this tank.
Begin by researching either the 152 mm M-10 or the 107 mm ZiS-6. The stock suspension can handle the weight and the second turret isn't required.
Next upgrade the suspension.
Go from there.

Suggested Equipment

Historical Info

KV-2 tank, the most heavily armored tank at the beginning of the WW2

The KV-1 entered in service in December 1939 and was tested during the Russo-Finnish war (War of winter). During this war, the high command issued that the Red Army had an urgent need for a heavy tank equipped with a more powerful armament to destroy the enemy fortifications (bunkers...). Four KV-1 were diverted to be tested with the heavy howitzer of 152 mm. They were the engineers of the KTZ which was charged to realize this conversion. After only two weeks, the project was finalized on paper. Initially it was the howitzer of 152 mm model 1909/1930 which was selected but the latter was quickly replaced by M-10 model 1938/1940, more modern. Of course, to accommodate this imposing weapon, a new turret (MT-1) was to be created.

At the beginning of 1941, the project was renamed KV-2. The imposing turret of the KV-2 was assembled on the hull of a KV tank experimental with double turrets. The first tests on this machine had been carried out on February 10, 1940. The tests on defence works were excellent and the KV-2 was thus accepted for the production.

In the late 1930 the Russians began developing "artillery tank" variants of some of their existing designs, such as the T-26 and BT-7. The T-26A proved a failure, but the cavalry BT-7A was more successful and limited production was undertaken. These tanks meant to provide high-explosive fire support to the regular BT tanks. With the introduction of the T-34 with its dual purpose 76mm gun, the idea of separate "artillery tanks" began to die out, by the experience in the Russian-Finnish Winter War prompted a brief revival using the KV tank. In their early assaults on the Mannerheim Line in January 1940 the Soviets found that even their new, experimental heavy tanks, the SMK, T-100 and KV-1, were unable to smash the well-built Finnish bunkers. The Kirovsky works in Leningrad received an urgent request for a bunker-buster, and in a remarkably short time they responded with the KV-2, armed with a 152mm howitzer. A prototype KV-2 was rushed to the front in February 1940, and successfully wrecked a number of Finnish bunkers near the town of Summa. Having proved the principle, the Red Army placed a large order for the type. The early KV-2 model 1939 was perhaps the most ungainly tank of its generation. The huge turret owed its bulk to a simple fact of life; because it used the existing KV-1 turret ring the howitzer's recoil could not be contained within its restricted diameter. By siting the trunnions well above the turret ring, the breech was given ample room to recoil at all angles of elevation without risking striking the turret ring armour, or the floor of the turret bustle. The turret was a simple, almost crude, assembly of flat welded plates forming the front, sides, rear and roof, while the turret ring was guarded by curved plates fore and aft. The howitzer trunnions were guarded by huge "D-plates" reinforced by three triangular webs on each side, the whole assembly being bolted to the turret front. The turret rear had a detachable Vee-plate which could be unbolted to allow the howitzer to be more easily removed for servicing, or replacement. The secondary armament was a single DT machine gun, mounted co-axially above to the right of the howitzer. For anti-aircraft defence, another DT could be rigged on the ring of the commander's hatch. The 152mm howitzer was sighted by a telescope built into the upper left side of the mantlet "box". Close-in defence was provided by plug-and-chain pistol ports in both sides of the turret, and flanking the howitzer-removal panel of the rear. Vision devices were extremely limited. One observation periscope was provided for the commander, and two vision slits appeared in the sides of the turret. A pair of episcopes covered the rear quarters, providing a method of aiming a pistol or sub-machine gun through the rear ports. The gunner's sole vision device was his gunsight telescope,leaving him heavily dependent on his commander for gunnery orders.

Production

A total of 330 specimens of the KV-2 were produced in 1940-1941in LKZ (Leningrad). Two models were created. The KV-1A (model 1940) had a too heavy turret which could be moved only on flat ground. The production of this model was abandoned end 1941. The KV-2B had a larger mantlet with a rounded shield. It weighed 4 tons more than model A and some were equipped with flame thrower. The KV-2B was carried out starting from the hull of the KV-1A. During the production, an additional machine-gun was installed.

Historical Gallery

Abandoned KV-2 tank, July 1941
Captured KV-2 left in tank park of one of the Soviet units. At the right side one can see KhT-26 flame thrower tank, Ukraine, June 1941
KV 2 Stuck in swamp 1942
Amaged KV-2 captured by Germans. Dubno area, June 29, 1941
Kliment Voroshilov 2 1
Kliment Voroshilov 2 2
Kliment Voroshilov 2 3
Kliment Voroshilov 2 4
Kliment Voroshilov 2 5
Kliment Voroshilov 2 6
Kliment Voroshilov 2 7
Abandoned KV-2 mod 1940, not the huge profile of the turret
Captured KV-2 in German service
Captured KV-2 in German service. Note the size of the turret compared to the hull
Captured KV-2 crossing the river

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