KV-5
The KV-5 is a Soviet tier 8 premium heavy tank that you can purchase from the in game store or from the Gift Shop. It is known for its enormous hull and turret armor which are the strongest amongst all other premium tanks, but it lacks a proper cannon for its tier. Even moreso than the other KV's, it's a lumbering beast with a pitifully slow turret traverse rate. However, it is also extremely heavy and thus ramming other tanks is a very viable strategy in close-quarter combat (though you'll need a bit of space to get up to speed) - especially against tanks of the same or higher tier, where the KV-5's gun can't reliably penetrate the enemy's armor. There are many weak spots on this tank that an experienced player can target to inflict heavy damage, but even so the sheer amount of HP can carry it through alot of battles. In short, the KV-5 is an excellent steel wall/roadblock that can soak up damage for your teammates, but do to it's lack of firepower, it's better fitted to be a support tank than a spearhead.
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Pros and Cons
Pros:
- Excellent armor
- More hit points than other tanks of the same tier
- Large mass makes it good at ramming
Cons:
- Slow
- Slow turret traverse
- Unimpressive gun for its tier
- Very large silhouette
- A priority target for artillery
Combat Effectiveness
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Despite its enormous weight, the tank develops a good heavy tank speed. 107 mm gun ZIS-6M, is effective in fighting, which falls into the KV-5. Its rate of fire and one-time loss of more than compensate for low armor. In addition, the shells for a very cheap that can effectively perform the main task premiumnogo tank - to earn money and experience. HF-5 perfectly ramming enemies due to the large weight and excellent top speed. For example, going down a hill at full speed, the KV-5 can easily destroy the Medium Tank Level 7 a bunch of "shot on the run + ram + the second shot." Ram heavy tanks are not as beneficial, but is often part of the attack.
If the fight goes 5-kV up a list of commands, it is likely to be dangerous for him only the first two or three enemy tanks. But do not assume that his armor neprobivaema. If possible, we must hold on to the middle and long distance, covering up their vulnerabilities. The greater the distance, is more difficult to vytselit. But if you need to - go ahead, Clinch ram, rammed. Avoid short distances up to 50m - or move away, or make friends even closer, since they are the enemies of the advantage of easy targeting the weak areas of the reservation.
Cover your vulnerabilities, such as the two towers in front of the case, a commander's cupola. Try to be a little bit sideways to the enemy - a diamond. Stop for a long time is unacceptable - all the time at least move back and forth - do not let the enemy take aim.
If possible, move to the right flank. A large tower radio operator on the case makes its way more confident than the relatively small turret mehvoda. When moving to the right you "draw it out," the tower radio operator from enemy fire. A really good tactic for the shelter covering the flank (stone, fence, house) while the rest of your team avoids the enemy from another direction.
Because of the small armor piercing projectiles 107mm ZIS-6M to know weaknesses of enemy tanks. In rare cases, can help high-explosive shells. In random battles HF-5 gets a maximum of TT-9. Gun ZIS-6M copes with most opponents without thinking, and all enemies of sighting. In close contact (clinch) for HF-5 opening such vulnerable areas on the enemy tanks that are not low-technology. The high profile of the KV-5 allows you to shoot, for example, the thin roof of the towers, armored plates are thin upper body. At a meeting with the tanks level 8, HF-5 is equal to the enemy a chance to win. With some better keep his distance and strike at vulnerable places on the body (NLD gun nests), with others still better to converge at point blank range and beat on the roof of the towers and turrets commander.
Suggested Equipment
Historical Info
With the beginning of the war, a whole series of collectives entered the project. Thus, the notion of a forged turret was abandoned and replaced by a welded turret design. In view of the absence of a 1200 h.p. diesel engine (it was still in development), the KV-5 was redesigned for the installation of two parallel-mounted conventional V-2 engines.
By August 1941 the KV-5 design was practically fully completed, and the production of a number of the tank's components and aggregates was begun. But because of the difficult situation at the front around Leningrad, all experimental work at the Kirov Plant was halted and all efforts were dedicated to increasing the output of production KV tanks. The latest date found in the preserved drawings of the KV-5 is 15 August 1941, when the battle was being fought around Luga and Krasnogvardeysk.
The project eventualy got canceled in favour of the more advance russian heavy tank designs. No prototype was ever constructed due to the Leningrad Blockade.
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