Actual KV-3 turret blueprints laid over the commonly shown drawing.
KV-3 wooden mockup photo. The overhang of the turret is clearly visible.
"Armour protection:
- Hull:
- Sides: 90 mm
- Upper front plate: 120/80 mm
- Lower front plate: 100 mm
- Rear: 90 mm
- Top: 40 mm
- Floor: 40/30 mm
- Turret (stamped):
- Height (with observation cupola): 1,245 mm
- Sides: 115 mm
- Slope of the sides: 30°
- Gun frame armour (stamped) 130 mm
- Roof: 50 mm
- Gun mantlet: 115 mm
- Diameter of the turret ring: 1,670 mm"
Any chance of a darker version of the actual blueprints? They're so light I can't really make them out.
ReplyDeleteFix your monitor settings or get a better one. It is readable other than for some of the measurements. Zooming in also helps
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