WW2HeavyHeavy TankSoviet Union

KV-3 (Object 223)

In service 1941 - 1941

Based onKV-220 (Object 220) (derived from)

Barely started. The stretched KV heavy that was to carry the 107 mm gun; one hull was finished before Leningrad was cut off.

Built byKirov Factory (Leningrad)

Photograph pending. No clearly licensed photograph of this vehicle was found.

Development history

The KV-3 lengthened the KV-1 hull by a road wheel and thickened its front to 120 mm, with a new turret for the 107 mm ZIS-6. A single armoured hull was completed at Izhora in the summer of 1941; the turret and gun were never mated to it, and the programme died with the evacuation of Leningrad industry.

Variants

One canonical record, 1 recorded variants.

  1. Object 223 hull

    1941

    Single armoured hull completed at Izhora, lengthened by one road wheel with a 120 mm front plate

Related vehicles

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Notable actions

  • Battle of Leningrad