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A Weighty Adversary
This model kit recreates a WWII Soviet subject. Its considered an important design in the history of armor as it was developed concurrently with the T-34 medium tank. Introduced in 1939 the KV-1 was continually upgraded until the arrival of the IS series. Model 1941 KV-1s employed the 76.2mm ZIS-5 gun, which could tear through the armor on contemporary German tanks; its early production variants had a welded turret with armor up to 75mm thick, and hung tough in fierce fighting with German armor following the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, contributing to the Soviet resistance that would eventually turn the tables and push back the German advance.