KV-13
Soviet experimental medium tank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The KV-13 (Russian: KB-13) was an experimental Soviet medium tank created during World War II.[1][2] It was developed on the KV-1 chassis in the SKB-2 design bureau of the Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant in late 1941 – early 1942, as a "universal" tank, intended to replace the production of T-34 medium tanks and KV-1 heavy tanks at the same time.[3]
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Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
Used by | Soviet Union |
Production history | |
Designer | SKB-2 |
Designed | 1941–1942 |
Manufacturer | Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant |
Produced | 1942 |
No. built | 3 |
Specifications ([1]) | |
Mass | 32 metric tons |
Length | 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in) with gun forward |
Width | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
Height | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | 120 mm maximum |
Main armament | 76 mm M1941 ZiS-5 gun |
Secondary armament | 1 × 7.62-mm DT-29 machine gun |
Engine | Kharkiv V-2 V12, liquid-cooled diesel engine 600 hp (450 kW) |
Power/weight | 18.8 hp/t (14.0 kW/t) |
Suspension | Torsion bar suspension |
Ground clearance | 450 mm (18 in) |
Operational range | 320 km (200 miles) |
Maximum speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) |
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