Hobby Master 1/72 Ground Power Series HG3010 - Soviet KV-1 Model 1941, 12th Tank Regiment 1st Moscow Motor Rifle Division, "Besposhadniy" "(Merciless)" Western Front, August 1942 |
Authentic Detailing
Pre-Painted by professionals
Accurate paint colors
Markings Tampo (pad) applied
Fully Assembled
True to Scale (1:72)
Weathering and insignias
Turret turns
Main gun elevates
Metal turret and main gun
Realistic tracks
Pre-Painted by professionals
Accurate paint colors
Markings Tampo (pad) applied
Fully Assembled
True to Scale (1:72)
Weathering and insignias
Turret turns
Main gun elevates
Metal turret and main gun
Realistic tracks
KV-1 M1940 KV-1 M1941 KV-1 M1942
Crew 5 5 5
Weight 43 t 45 t 47 t
Gun 76.2 mmF-32 76.2 mmF-34 76.2 mmZiS-5
Ammunition 111 111 114
Secondary armament 2×DT 4×DT 4×DT
Engine 600 hpV-2K diesel 600 hpV-2 600 hpV-2
Fuel 600 L 600 L 600 L
Road speed 35 km/h 35 km/h 28 km/h
Road range 335 km 335 km 250 km
Armour 25–75 mm 30–90 mm 20–130 mm
Crew 5 5 5
Weight 43 t 45 t 47 t
Gun 76.2 mmF-32 76.2 mmF-34 76.2 mmZiS-5
Ammunition 111 111 114
Secondary armament 2×DT 4×DT 4×DT
Engine 600 hpV-2K diesel 600 hpV-2 600 hpV-2
Fuel 600 L 600 L 600 L
Road speed 35 km/h 35 km/h 28 km/h
Road range 335 km 335 km 250 km
Armour 25–75 mm 30–90 mm 20–130 mm
KV-1 Specifications
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One of the best known KV-1 Model 1941 tanks in the Soviet wartime press was
Besposhadniy (Merciless), of the 12th Tank Regiment, Western Front 1942. The tank
was donated to the regiment by contributions from Moscow artists who had won the
Stalin prize. The tank had been decorated with a cartoon of Hitler being blasted by a
tank. The printing below the cartoon are lists of the of the tank donors names. The
column to the left is the painters and to the right are the poets. The printing towards the
front of the turret is a poem that was written especially for the occasion of the Regiment
receiving the tank.
“Storming through the fire goes
Our KV heavy tank
From the heartland it rolls
To smash the Nazi flank
Your fearless crew
Never rests
As they fire in combat
Under Stalin’s commands”
The tank Commander was the ace Lt. Pavel Khoroshilov who is credited with destroying
12 German tanks as signified by the 12 white stars on the turret. Also the markings
indicate that this tank is also credited with the destruction of 4 SPGs, 7 armoured
vehicles, 3 guns, 7 mortars, 4 heavy MGs, 10 trucks, 5 motorcycles, a staff bus and a
supply bus.
Besposhadniy (Merciless), of the 12th Tank Regiment, Western Front 1942. The tank
was donated to the regiment by contributions from Moscow artists who had won the
Stalin prize. The tank had been decorated with a cartoon of Hitler being blasted by a
tank. The printing below the cartoon are lists of the of the tank donors names. The
column to the left is the painters and to the right are the poets. The printing towards the
front of the turret is a poem that was written especially for the occasion of the Regiment
receiving the tank.
“Storming through the fire goes
Our KV heavy tank
From the heartland it rolls
To smash the Nazi flank
Your fearless crew
Never rests
As they fire in combat
Under Stalin’s commands”
The tank Commander was the ace Lt. Pavel Khoroshilov who is credited with destroying
12 German tanks as signified by the 12 white stars on the turret. Also the markings
indicate that this tank is also credited with the destruction of 4 SPGs, 7 armoured
vehicles, 3 guns, 7 mortars, 4 heavy MGs, 10 trucks, 5 motorcycles, a staff bus and a
supply bus.
