Trumpeter 1/35 Russian KV-9 Heavy Tank Plastic Model Kit

Description This is an injection-plastic military vehicle model kit. From Trumpeter: In the fall of 1941, the Russian high command requested a mobile artillery vehicle. Under the guidance of engineers V. Sidorenko and N. Usenko in December 1941, they designed Object 229 and the KV-1 Model in 1942 armed with a 122 mm U-11 Tank Howitzer. The building of this vehicle took place until April 1942. After successful testing, it was accepted as the KV-9. The weight of the tank was 47 tons and it had a crew of four men: two in the turret and two in the hull. The tank had the easily replaced cast turret from the KV-1. For protection of the tank against antitank guns, its frontal armor had an enormous thickness of 135mm. The armor thickness on the turret roof was 40mm. The tank was equipped with a TMFD telescopic sight. The U-11 cannon had semi-fixed ammunition from the M-30 Howitzer, its vertical elevation angle was -4-degrees +19,5-degrees. The tank's basic load consisted of 48 rounds for the main gun and 2,646 cartridges for the three 7.62mm DT machine-guns. Kit will measure about 197.6mm long and 94.8mm when completed. [Mold Color] : Gray [Includes] : Clear parts, photo-etched parts, decals