During the defense of Leningrad a well laid trap resulted in a spectacular victory with just 1 tank taking out 22 German Tanks and 2 Anti-tank guns. Zinoviy Kolobanov commanded his KV-1 to deal a ...

In 1941, Hitler's insatiable hunger for conquest led to a daring plan: the invasion of the Soviet Union. As the German war machine marched towards the motherland's vast resources and territories, the ...

Key point: Despite their superior armor, the KV tanks simply sacrificed too much mobility, reliability and cost-efficiency to equal the success of the T-34. In the first six months of Operation ...