killmore Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Ok - my friend claims this "thing" existed. Is that true? What was the caliber on the double gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Yes it did. If this is the one I'm thinking of, then two of them were made. They were Russian, stationed around Leningrad. One broke in half while crossing a large railroad ditch, and the other one shot itself up with its own turrets. Wish I could remember the name of it, but I do remember what I read as stating that Stalin had a love of large tanks and this was known as a "Land Battleship". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunoReactor Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 I remember seeing this pic a while ago here. Cause a bit of a stir, I remember reading somewhere that its 3 KV chassis' stuck together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 what was the name or ID used to search for or describe that 'tank'? that looks like a very hard model to find it would be interesting to build one of those models. -tom w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott B Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 I call BS. No way did that thing exist; it's just the product of someone that bought too many KV-1 and KV-2 plastic model kits and had too much time on his hands. Scott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mPisi Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 I thought I saw this debunked on one of the modeling newsgroups or boards a while back, just too silly. Now 3-5 tanks attached side to side, THAT would be cool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 I'm telling you, it existed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogface21 Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Man, they better have this thing in CMBB ! I think the Russians nicknamed this 'Stalin's Extention', IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
420 Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 wouldn't the use of this unit be a bit........gamey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Manuel Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Russian? No way. *That* badass toy was what Adolf specifically asked for from Kris Kringle on the pagan Winter Solstice of 1942: the SchwerePanzer Deathenwerfer. sure beats getting a furry bunnysuit, doesn't it? [ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: Silvio Manuel ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Hehehe....If this thing was in CM I'd laugh my ass off if it died from "Front turret penetration" Which turret?????? lol Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott B Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Panzer Leader: I'm telling you, it existed...<hr></blockquote> Source? I think you're probably confusing it with a tank that did exist, like the T-35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 I'll find a resource. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Monkey! Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Can you say "compensating for phallic inadequacy", kiddies? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 killmore, It never existed. Ever. The chassis is from a whole bunch of apparent KV chassis spliced together, much like a stretch limousine. The turrets with bolts are from the KV-1C. The turret with the twin guns is from the normally single 152mm equipped KV-2, and the smaller tank turrets are from what looks like a BT-5 or BT-7. Am not sure which, since I don't have my references handy at the moment. I don't know what the smallest turrets are from. The rocket launcher is from a BM-13 Katyusha model. I hope this eliminates any further confusion. Regards, John Kettler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeyore Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 no, no I hate to disappoint, its obviously Finnish - I demand we get them in CM:BB. Yeknod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMplayer Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 The rocket launcher makes it schizophrenic. I mean, is this thing supposed to fight at the front or from a rear area? If it goes to the front the rocket launcher will get blown to bits before you can say duh. At the rear, what the hell would all those turrets be for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Its just the product of a crazy modeller... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwazydog Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Id say that the smaller turrets are off of a later model T-26 John...mind you there are many variations of smaller turrets on several models of light Russian tanks that look the same from a distance, so its a little hard to tell. Dan [ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: KwazyDog ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wadepm Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 Plus, it only has one drive sprocket. There is no way physically that one drive sprocket could move this thing without snapping the tracks. There is also no way this thing could turn without destroying the suspension. And traversing any kind of elevation difference over about a foot and half would snap the chassis in two. And...hey this is fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 God, call yourself grogs. Quite obvious to anyone with even half a brain, and even the most basic knowledge of WW2 that you could pick up in a torn and soaked copy of GI Joe, this is a real vehicle, called 'Kätchens Mutter' (Mother of Katyusha) by the Germans. Captured vehicles were pressed into German service as Kampfküchenspüle Sdkfz. 1993® schwer 27 B/6. Jesus Christ, the standard this board has lowered to. Unbelievable. Et tu Kwazy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Monkey! Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 "Kampfküchenspüle" I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aka_tom_w Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by wadepm: Plus, it only has one drive sprocket. There is no way physically that one drive sprocket could move this thing without snapping the tracks. There is also no way this thing could turn without destroying the suspension. And traversing any kind of elevation difference over about a foot and half would snap the chassis in two. And...hey this is fun!<hr></blockquote> This is this the most sensible post in this thread. From an engineering stand-point it looks like there is NO WAY this wacky contraption could ever be "combat effective". -tom w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amedeo Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 This is simply a toy model of something than never existed. Apart from being no reference whatsoever of such a monstre in any book about soviet armour that I know of, it would also be impossible to have realized a tank like this. Just a single example: the KV-2 turret mounts two 152mm weapons while having the same apparent size of the original. Of course there would be no point in having two identical guns if you have no additional men to crew the extra weapon, but where would you put the extra two/three men needed? And this while allowing for all those guys to be kiked in the face by the men squeezed into the superposed 45mm turret... plainly impossible, other than useless. Regards, Amedeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMplayer Posted December 9, 2001 Share Posted December 9, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Of course there would be no point in having two identical guns if you have no additional men to crew the extra weapon, but where would you put the extra two/three men needed? And this while allowing for all those guys to be kiked in the face by the men squeezed into the superposed 45mm turret... plainly impossible, other than useless. <hr></blockquote> The megaturret was intended to be manned by dwarfs. The idea was to exploit all possible manpower reserves. [ 12-09-2001: Message edited by: CMplayer ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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