The KV-1 debuted with armor that German guns could not penetrate and firepower that rivaled anything in Europe. From ...

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 ...

A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were powering through Lithuania on a race northward to Leningrad. The Luftwaffe knocked out the Soviets’ ...

Key Point: The KV had potential but wasn’t used right. Morever, they were too tall and easy to spot. A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi tanks were ...

The KV-1’s armor was thickened again and again until mobility collapsed. New variants like the KV-1S and KV-85 tried to keep pace, but German Panthers and Tigers made them outdated. By Kursk, the KV’s ...

A Soviet tank used by the Red Army to defend Leningrad from the Nazis has been raised from the muddy depths of a riverbed. The KV-1 tank sank in the Neva River near Leningrad - now St Petersburg - ...

The grey, drizzly dawn broke at 3 a.m. over the rain-soaked fields and forests north of Orel (pronounced Oryol). The thundering artillery barrage which had been splitting the night lifted and the Red ...