. ![File:KV1 model 1940 s ekranami (with appliqué), or KV1-E. The slogan on …]
The industrious Soviets made the most of the successful KV-1 chassis, producing a number of specialist variants – including the KV-1E (with the ‘E’ standing for ‘Ekranirovaniy’ or “with shields”) – with Russian engineers adding extra armour by bolting steel plating onto the KV-1 hull and turret.
The KV-1 heavy tank. 
. In July and August, the division was reorganized into the 82nd Motor Rifle Division again. Its 123rd Tank Regiment was used to form the. 111th Tank Division, leaving the 82nd with the 210th, 250th, and 601st Motor Rifle Regiments and the 82nd Artillery Regiment. As a result of German advances following the beginning of their invasion of the Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa, on 22 June, the 82nd was sent to the Western Front in October. It departed the Far East on 7 October and arrived at the front on 25 October. It was reinforced with the 27th Separate Tank Battalion, and fought in the Battle of Moscow as part of the 5th Army. The 82nd fought in fighting at Dorokhovo and in the capture of Mozhaysk. For its actions, the division was made an elite Guards unit, the 3rd Guards Motor Rifle Division, on 17 March 1942, and received the Order of the Red Banner.[1]
It took part in the summer battles of 1942 with the Western Front and the failed Operation Mars in November/December 1942. After moving back into Stavka Reserves in June 1943, it was reorganized into the 6th Guards Mechanized Corps on 28 June 1943, being merged with the 49th Mechanised Brigade. The new corps included the 17th Guards Mechanised Brigade.
The new Corps, under the command of Lieutenant General Alexander Akimov, became part of the 4th Tank Army under Lieutenant General Vasily Badanov. Its first action was at Orel, the counterattack (Operation Kutuzov) on the northern side of the Kursk bulge after the German defeat at the Battle of Kursk proper. John Erickson writes that ‘…at 1100 on 26 July, two of Badanov’s corps (11th Tank and 6th Guards Mechanised) put in a ragged attack towards Bolkhov. For the next few hours, under the very gaze of Bagramyan [commander of 11th Guards Army, whose sector 4th Tank was attacking through] and Badanov, both corps were heavily battered by the concealed German tanks and assault guns.’[2] For the remainder of 1943, it was in reserve. It took part in the winter battles in Ukraine in 1944 (Proskurov-Chernovitsy), then the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation in the summer. It then participated in the Lower Silesia, Upper Silesia, Berlin, and Prague operations. In August 1944 it was given the honorific ‘Lvov’ for its part in the liberation of that city.
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I really hope KV-1E never makes it to Enlisted honestly. That thing is disguting in War Thunder… It has the very mediocre F-32 gun, but at the same time it has incredibly thick armor of around 100 mm, even more than standard KV-1.
If it was put at BR 3 it would be a nightmare to fight, especially for BR 2. But if it’s at BR 4 it would be completely useless fighting King Tigers and Panthers on a regular basis.
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Well, the BR4 KV we already have is very similar to it. It does have added armor as well.
where i see kv1 l11 and kv 1 zis 5, kvt 1939/40?
This one has 90mm turret instead of 75mm and an additional 25mm of frontal armor which does add up to 100mm.
While it isnt the same as proposed it fuctionally is very similar.
But since all armored KV 1 are considered BR 4 (where they should be) there is little use in them as USSR player will prefere to use the T34-85 instead to better deal with panthers.
i think you need an eye exam if you believe they used 8 rivets/blots😂 to hold a plate 1/2 inch thick
. If from the l11 to zis 5 a 15mm increase was enough, what could only be a 30mm or more well, second is the look
I was mainly talking about the Zis 5 in my post.
While yes the armor layout on the KV in the picture is a bit diffrent it largely is still very similar to the armor of the zis 5. Which would mean it most likely would be BR 4 aswell and more useless due to the weaker gun.
Those plates are 30mm but they dont cover the entire turret leaving the entire middle part at only 75 mm. The extra side armor of the turret is kinda pointless as the side of the hull isnt reinforced aswell making that the weakest link if flanked.
Where only the top looks exposed, if anything the two plates overlap