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Old March 23rd, 2008, 04:31 AM
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Re: Stranger Than Fiction Armor

Not true. I recently came across the following text on an armor site:

KV-VI Behemoth was more than a landship, it was a Communist wet dream. It had some hilarious history too. 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 where another turret was in the line of fire. In its initial attack on the Germans, the tank broke in half when crossing a ravine.

It is thought that this machine was an embarrassment to the Soviet Union, and all documentation on it was destroyed after the war.


Thoughts?[/quote]

I got laughed at for telling the second part of yer story...but out there on the net...exists the only pic of the K-100, A large Multiturreted tank. along the lines of the T-35. They made two prototype......one smashed itself, as the story above relates, The other died in test trials when it broke in half when crossing an anti-tank ditch. They had ONE pic of the one that wrecked on the ditch. It was a little longer than the T-35....but...nothing like that monstrosity in the Pic above!
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