A Weighty Adversary
The Soviet KV-1 ended up being officially used in 1939 and went through many variations. Model 1941 KV-1s employed the 76.2mm ZIS-5 gun, that could tear through armor on modern German tanks; its early manufacturing variations had a welded turret with armor up to 75mm dense, and hung tough in tough fighting with German armor following the Nazi German invasion of Soviet Union in June 1941, adding to the Soviet opposition that would ultimately turn the tables and break the rules the German advance. Soldiers had been modelers, too? It is known that German front line troops had been supplied with wooden and paper models of the KV-1 in a scale of around 1/20, to greatly help identify the tanks and formulate counter-strategies. This kit includes a version in miniature 1/35 scale regarding the artwork guide to cut out and use in dioramas of tactical meetings and so on.
