Sunday, 29 September 2013

Soviet Porsche

Dr. Porsche's gloomy Teutonic genius preference for electric transmissions is well known. These were successfully (depending on the definition of successful, I suppose) used in Ferdinand and Maus tanks. However, Porsche wasn't the only one with these bright ideas. The Soviets had a go at it too:

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"Assistant professor Bogoyavlenskiy designed an electrical transmission for the KV tank and submitted it to GABTU in October of 1940.

Fig. 1

After working on this issue, it was discovered that the specially constructed electrical transmission can be placed within the existing transmission compartment of the KV tank. Fig. 1 shows the diesel generator and two motors in the transmission compartment. According to preliminary calculations performed at the Academy, there is also a possibility of arranging the transmission parallel to the tank's hull, the same way that it is currently placed in a KV tank."

Your eyes do not deceive you. In order to attach the generator to the V2 engine, the entire setup had to be placed diagonally. 
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3 comments:

  1. cwjian9029 September 2013 at 02:54

    That must be a real bitch to connect to the drive wheels. Did they ever try it or was it just a paper project?

    Speaking of electrical transmissions, do you have any information regarding the Obyekt 253 (the other IS-6)?

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    1. Peter29 September 2013 at 12:15

      I haven't read about this being built, and nope.

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    2. cwjian9029 September 2013 at 15:13

      Ah, that's too bad. Were there any other Soviet projects for electrical transmissions? I recall their interest being piqued by captured Ferdinands, hence the IS-6 project.

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