KV-2 tank. The legendary giant of the Red Army. Kolomets M.

Two days after the attack on the Soviet Union, June 24, 1941, the parts of the Wehrmacht tank division collided with an unknown Red Army tank with a huge tower and a powerful 152-mm gun. This meeting became a real shock for the Nazis - they watched in surprise how the shells bounced off the armor, without causing the tank to be harmful. Only an accidental hit in the foundation of the tower of the Russian tank seemed invulnerable to disable him. A few days later in Belarus, exactly the same tank for several hours was able to detain the advance of the German Infantry Division. This giant, who stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg, was the legendary 52-ton heavy assault tank "Klim Voroshilov-2."

The book of the leading Russian historian armored vehicles pays tribute to one of the most recognizable tanks of the USSR and the courage of its crews that took on The first blow of the German troops, in all details, telling about the creation, structure and combat use of KV-2-from the Soviet-Finnish war of 1939-1940 to the heroic summer of 1941.

The publication was richly illustrated by unique photographs and drawings.