Танк КВ-2 в документальной хронике нацистов

The Germans are said to have nicknamed the KV-2 tank "Stalin's Monster." Indeed, this thickly armored vehicle, armed with a powerful 152mm howitzer, stood out from other tanks available at the time. Developed in January 1940 in record time, the KV-2 was intended to be a high-quality tank reinforcement designed to break through well-fortified enemy lines of defense, complete with concrete fortifications. The need for such a vehicle arose during the Soviet-Finnish War, when, during the breakthrough of the Mannerheim Line, tanks and many field guns proved powerless against Finnish engineering obstacles and pillboxes.