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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 10:43 AM UTC
I have taken a look through the KV ref material I have and have found nothing to support side mounted fuel tanks being used. This doesn't mean it didn't occur though.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 08:39 PM UTC
Diesel-engined KVs carried one or two fuel drums on their trackguards, the few petrol-engined ones carried up to five. The Germans don't seem to have bothered adding cupolas to their captured KV-1s, at least in the pictures I've seen.

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Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 03:55 AM UTC

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hi guys, here are my questions, did the kv1 carry the drum tanks on the sides as the t34 did , and did the Germans reposition their cupola on captured kv,s or put it on top of the original one , and finally did other axis forces use them or just the Germans, thanks guys. one more thing did the Germans fit radios and antenna's

Authors Neil Stokes and Steve Zaloga post on missing-lynx Allied discussion board, and they are experts on things KV.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 05:05 AM UTC
Hi they did fit cuplolas on the KV and as to radios and ariel , they also refitted them , as to round fuel drums only the petrol engine version had them as standard. with over 52 books on the Kv series I have only seen the square type fuel tank they can have as many a 7 fitted cheers ian
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Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 05:39 AM UTC
Hey Ian,
Weren't all Soviet tanks, including the KV's, built with diesel engines?
I've never heard of a KV with a petrol engine, did the Germans rebuilt one with a spare Maybach engine?
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Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 10:41 AM UTC

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Hey Ian,
Weren't all Soviet tanks, including the KV's, built with diesel engines?:-?
I've never heard of a KV with a petrol engine, did the Germans rebuilt one with a spare Maybach engine?
Cheers

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There was a temporary engine shortage in 1941 and a small number of KV's got the gasoline engine from the T-35.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 - 07:24 PM UTC
If you look up Trumpeters KV tanks in use by Germany it will give you some ref for the needed changes, if I get time I will take some photos and post them up for you as regards the cupola.
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