It’s BR4.
BR4 means Stalingrad and Rzhev (insta quit on high BR) or Berlin (no way in hell there were KV-2s in Berlin, last action in 41-42).
So I can’t use it.
Big sad
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you can use it.
i don’t think there are any locks my friend.
however, if you expect to be funny or taken seriously by using a kv2 in low br, it goes without saying that for balances reasons you should not be able to use it.
( yes, i do aknowledge the kv1 argument. but a kv2 is more troublesome when it comes to being mostly powerful outside it’s reload. but if japan gets to be against ussr… yikes )
beside, it can actually take out tigers IIs and panthers.
so, it won’t struggle too much on high brs.
you better not miss though.
( Edit, perhaps the lack of a coax is the biggest downside )
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You can use it.
You choose not to, friend.
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But on which map?
Stalingrad and Rzhev are insta quit on BR4 (Panthers and stuff didn’t even exist), and in Berlin I can’t use it out of moral beliefs 
I would actually prefer a “Battle of Moscow” event or something like this
Maybe a single KV-2 could be spawned there alongside a single Flak Bus or something.
berlin, Stalingrad & Rzhev
so… you kinda want it easy.
got it.
sure.
but i’m not sure how really you expect any of that to happen since.
battle of moscow is kinda very niche as not many players would really play on the german side.
granted, the new marders would and could put up some work.
but the infantry arsenal would be pretty much lacklaster at best. or the tank, airplane and even anti tank weapon selection.
but, it depends which period. pre moscow a bit of a nightmare. late moscow, slighlty less painful
if anything, historical pves can be fun.
soviets experience = relaxing / automatic fest against hoards of enemies
german experience = tactical / slow phased fest against hards of enemies
to each their own. but yeah good luck for the pvp side.
or HA for that matter.
'cause, enlisted playerbase wants anything but ha.
well, as it goes for the event too.
we have been over this time and time over.
yep, you guessed it: 
editor
you’d be surprised how actually easy it would be in your case for what you want to do.
literally no limitations.
( unless you’re planning on making pves like me. in that case, good luck as well. because these shitty servers do not load custom made maps nor fully loads the sessions without some bugs or major annoyances. i’m this close from quitting. i’m going to be honest. but i kinda owe it to some people of this modding community. and i do not want to waste their time that they shared with me. )
You can use it customs. Problem solved.
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Funny that you asume Moscow BR4 matches dont happen - the MM is still bugged, last week I saw even a IS2 in Moscow.
fact
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I can’t.
My WW2 feel doesn’t let me drive the 1939-41 vehicle in Berlin or face Panthers in Rzhev where they didn’t exist.
Where’d you get that?
No, I just wish DF stopped adding content for the sake of content.
Otherwise soon we’re gonna have another War Thunder where
SMK
Is fighting against E-100 in Berlin
Just because “the BRs match” or something like that.
With no relation to actual WW2.
I am convinced that “if X can only be put in a ahistorical BR/maps, X shouldn’t be added to the game”.
Better no content X than badly placed content X.
I hate seeing KV-2 in Berlin.
It was never there
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There is an orbat for Kursk that shows 10 KV-2’s were in use there - most were made unserviceable but 5 recorded as “DEST & ABDN” and several damaged- I had access to that source 10+ years ago - I’ll see if I can find it again…
ETA: Found it - https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA360311.pdf ← it is text in this document
they start in Voronezh front:
and get transfered to 3rd Mech Corps:
In repair:
And 3 replaced - whatever that means:
Plus of course there was at least 1 KV-2 in Berlin 
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KV’s armor is not as scary as Sherman’s sloped armor
you can pretty much easily destroy shermans through the cheecks turrets than kv1s.
because by shooting it in the turret, it’s almost guranteed you’ll disable the turret ring.
kv1s however, they seem to be much resiliant than they are supposed to.
and when the whole kv1 is angled, it’s similar to a tiger.
you are mostly forced to flank it with all but 75mm tanks.
which you get access only to the pz IV short barrel.
better than nothing i suppose…
it’s a shame the marders are br III. those would have solved the issue.
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I think panzer 3j1 and puma can pen kv 1. Atleast i managed to do it in training. I cant tell if it works against angled ones aswell
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Japanese Type 2 tanks have a chance to penetrate the Sherman’s equivalent armor of close to 100MM
Then it is very reasonable that he can destroy the KV tank with an equivalent armor of only about 80
Not to mention that in most cases
Gunners are easily killed
The enemy’s changing position is usually not as fast as the reloading speed of Type 2 tanks.
Captured by Germans as museum pieces in the beginning of the war, correct?
I don’t thing Germany had tank museums about currently used vehicles - such captured vehicles would stay at military training grounds.
Well wartime “museum”.
As far as I remember they took everything from Char 2C to T-35 to Mark V back to Germany and displayed some of them, while keeping most at Kummersdorf.
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Plot twist! During the siege of Berlin, a valiant crew trained specifically for old KV2 took back the displayed KV2 and put it back into working order using magical Stalinium wrenches and toolboxes! They then went on fighting the good fight administering Stalin’s righteous fury atop their steal tower!
Fun fact, the last effective King Tiger #314 did not go out due to a friendly mine like ppl thought, but due to a KV2 shell’s overpressure on it’s turret ring.
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What if instead of KV-2 at BR4 where it doesn’t get to fight in any battle scenarios it ever fought, we got ISU-152?
Pros:
- the most mass-produced heavy SPG of WW2
- same 152mm caliber
- actually fought at the later stages of WW2, including Berlin
- similar BR in WT (KV-2 - 3.7, ISU-152 - 4.7)
- DShK on top
- could go to BR5 and help the Soviets deal with Tiger II
Cons
- no turret?
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