KV-85

[Rubicon99]

Technically the KV with a T34 turret was know as a KV-34-85-I

It was thought to have existed in 1943 and was even written about in books on Russian WW2 armor. It was only discovered in the late 90, I believe, that the tank never made it off the drawing boards.

Fun build, here is one of the pages referencing the tank and photos of mine.

[DavidN]

[DavidN]

Wow, you are way too fast. I think when I was at the LA battle event earlier this month, I saw a KV-85 brought in to fight from one of the members.

[SoCalBobS]

So, those of you who follow my daily posts (!) know I finished my T34 85 to 76 conversion. This has left me with a perfectly good 85 turret. Following someone else on this forum, and having one of Heng Long's static KV-1's in a box, I've decided to assemble a KV-85. there are differences, some of which I will incorporate and some more trouble than it'd be worth. I popped off the side armor plates. I see that some KV-85's put a machine gun in the rear of the turret, and some don't have a front hull mg.

I'm open to suggestions as to how much I should alter, guys.