KV-13
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{{Short description|Soviet experimental medium tank}}
{{About|a Soviet experimental medium tank| a tomb |KV13}}
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| name = KV-13
| image = File:KV-13 1.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption = KV-13
| origin = Soviet Union
| type = Medium tank
| is_vehicle = yes
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| used_by = Soviet Union
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| designer = SKB-2
| design_date = 1941–1942
| manufacturer = Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant
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| production_date = 1942
| number = 3
| variants =
| derivatives =
| weight = 32 metric tons
| length = {{convert|6.65|m|ftin|abbr=on}} with gun forward
| width = {{convert|2.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|2.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| crew = 4
| armour = 120 mm maximum
| primary_armament = 76 mm M1941 ZiS-5 gun
| secondary_armament = 1 × 7.62-mm DT-29 machine gun
| engine = Kharkiv V-2 V12, liquid-cooled diesel engine
| engine_power = {{convert|600|hp|abbr=on}}
| transmission =
| fuel_capacity =
| pw_ratio = {{cvt|18.8|hp/t|kW/t}}
| suspension = Torsion bar suspension
| clearance = {{convert|450| mm|abbr=on}}
| vehicle_range = 320 km (200 miles)
| speed = 65 km/h (40 mph)
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The KV-13 (Russian: KB-13) was an experimental Soviet medium tank created during World War II.Solyankin, p. 79.Svirin, p. 97. It was developed on the KV-1 chassis in the SKB-2 design bureau of the Chelyabinsk Kirov Plant in late 1941 – early 1942, as a "universal" tank, intended to replace the production of T-34 medium tanks and KV-1 heavy tanks at the same time.
Development
The first prototype of the KV-13 was made in the spring of 1942, but in the fall of that year tests showed a lack of mechanical reliability and demonstrated the need to strengthen the vehicle's armour and to equip it with the new three-seat turret. While production of two modified prototypes incorporating these modifications began in December 1942, work on the KV-13 as a medium tank was discontinued in favour of continuing the production of the T-34. The further development of the project using two modified KV-13 prototypes led to the creation in 1943 of the IS-1 heavy tank.Zaloga (2011), p. 4.Zaloga (2013), p. 43. This tank was never used in combat.
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- {{cite book |author1=А. Г. Солянкин |author2=М. В. Павлов |author3=И. В. Павлов |author4=И. Г. Желтов |year=2005 |title=Отечественные бронированные машины. XX век. 1941–1945 |location=Москва |publisher=Эксприн |isbn=5-94038-074-3}}
- {{cite book |author1=Свирин, М. Н. |author2=Броневой щит Сталина |title=МИстория советского танка 1937–1943 |location=Moscow |publisher=Яуза, Эксмо |isbn=5-699-16243-7}}
- {{cite book | last = Zaloga | first = Steven J. | authorlink = Steven Zaloga | title = IS-2 Heavy Tank 1944–1973 | publisher = Osprey Publishing | location=Oxford, UK | year = 2011 | isbn = 978-1-85532-396-4 | series=New Vanguard}}
- {{cite book | last = Zaloga | first = Steven J. | title = KV-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939–1945 | publisher = Osprey Publishing | location = Oxford, UK | year = 2013 | isbn = 978-1-4728-0321-4 | series=New Vanguard}}
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