History: The Soviet KV-85 Heavy Tank
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By the summer of 1943, Soviets tank commanders desperately needed a new tank to take on the heavier German Panthers and Tigers, complaining that the current generation of T-34 and KV tanks were virtually ineffective. With this in mind, two prototypes were created and paraded in front of Stalin himself. The KV-85 went straight into…