Can anyone tell me anything about them?(please go into detail) and did any of them see action?

Cool. No I'm not talking about tank destroyers

The Soviet T-35 is considered a Heavy tank but it's very close to what super heavy was considered by the Germans, French, British and Americans before and during WWII.

I have this KV-VI images and wanna share.
Operational History
The first prototype was completed in December 1941 and was rushed into the defense of Moscow. In its first action during a dense winter fog, the rear turret accidentally fired into the center turret. The resulting explosion completely destroyed the vehicle. The second prototype was completed in January 1942, and was sent to the Leningrad front. This one had indicators installed to show whe another turret was in the line of fire. In its initial attack on the Germans, the tank broke in half when crossing a ravine. A spark ignited the leaking flamethrower fuel and the resulting explosion completely destroyed the vehicle. The third prototype, shown here, had a reinforced hull and was also sent to the Leningrad front in early 1942. It did manage to shoot down three German aircraft. In its first ground engagement, the KV-VI was firing on German positions when coincidentally all of the guns fired from the 3 O'Clock position a the same time. The tremendous recoil tipped the tank into a ditch and the severe jostling set off the 152mm ammunition, which completely destroyed the vehicle. After these failures, Stalin cancelled the project, and many of the design team members spent the rest of their lives in the Gulags of Sibera. The KV-VI was nicknamed "Stalin's Orchestra" by the few Germans that encountered it because of the variety of weapons it deployed.

I really wonder that story and image is true or not?


Edited by Giordano - 26-Sep-2008 at 11:07

The T-28 was a prototype tank destroyer rather than a tank.  It's fixed armament had no barbette and the speed was quite slow.  Its main purpose would have been to provide an armored anti-tank gun for infantry support as it was too slow to keep up with armored formations.

Originally posted by pikeshot1600 Tanks are cavalry.

tanks are not cavalry. horses are cavalry. tanks are armoured vehicles on tracks with guns. tank destoryers are another kind of tank.

Yea I heard about the Maus it was going to weigh like 120 tons and have like a naval cannon as it's turret 200-300 mm. I wonder if the prototype still survives?

Originally posted by Sun Tzu This wasn't a superheavy tank, but the Russian had also developed a flying tank that you could put wings and a temporary propeller on. They were going to be used to rush into Berlin before Germans had warning but I think the program was scrapped because by that time the Russian were alreay a stones throw from Berlin.

wow so there are prototypes left? thank you for correcting me on on the cannon size after I submitted my reply it did seem a bit farfetched in size. A 300 mm cannon would have crazy recoil and if recoiless probably move the tank.

I didn't mean it that way. What was cavalry used for back in the day? a mobile shockforce using impetuous to turn the tide, i dont see how that role is much different from todays modern tanks. I was saying cavalry isnt the same thing as tanks but fulfills the same role.