During World War II, the heavy KV-2 tanks equipped by the Soviet Union attracted many people's interest. However, in the middle of the war, this tank had disappeared from the Soviet Union's battle sequence. So when and where did the last battle of KV-2 take place, and why didn't it continue to participate in the war?

First of all, during World War II, the main operational direction of KV-2 heavy tanks was northwest, and some appeared in the west and southwest. Among them, in the battles near Karelia and Leningrad, KV-2 participated in the war the most and lasted the longest.

In the battle near Leningrad, the Soviet army 1 armored division took part in the battle. 194 1 July, this division was equipped with 10 KV-2 heavy tanks. Although the division has high hopes for the KV-2 heavy tank and actively uses it in combat, its performance is not excellent.

The division once sent a heavy KV-2 tank to destroy a bridge, because its 152mm main gun could be effective in blow up bridges. However, in this operation, this heavy KV-2 was destroyed by the Germans. Even the heavily armored KV-2 can hardly play its due role in the face of elite Germans. By September, only a few KV-2 heavy tanks were left in the division.

Now, this Soviet armored force is unable to organize an attack and can only cooperate with other Soviet troops to perform defensive tasks. However, they still actively played the advantage of tanks and ambushed the attacking German tank column. According to the operational records, on September 18, a KV-2 heavy tank and the 70th Infantry Division * * * ambushed.

At the end of September, the division lost two heavy KV-2 tanks, and now they only have one intact KV-2. Not only the heavy KV-2 tank suffered heavy losses, but also other tanks and vehicles suffered heavy losses, so that the division had to be downsized into a brigade and renamed as 123 tank brigade.

123 tank brigade and 168 infantry brigade together defended the legendary Leningrad. The only remaining heavy KV-2 tank of the brigade participated in the war, and its commander was Captain makarov, who was destined to be the commander of the last KV-2 tank in the Soviet Union.

In the battle of 5438+0 1 in June, the turret of this tank was stuck, so it was repaired for a long time. On February 6, 65438, the Soviet KV-2 participated in the last battle of the Eastern Front. 1A group of tanks of the 23rd Brigade attacked the German position. KV-2 successfully broke through the German defense, but disintegrated the bomb shelter and got stuck in place. It continues to support infantry operations here with artillery fire. When the Soviet army retreated, this immovable tank was finally abandoned, ending the operational history of KV-2 on the eastern front.

The reason why the Soviet army did not repair the damaged KV-2 heavy tank was that the tank stopped production in 194 1 year and1month, and there was no corresponding spare parts to supplement it. In addition, 152mm shells are always in short supply in tank units, and many kv-2s can't replenish enough ammunition when they participate in the war. In addition, because the total combat weight of KV-2 is too large, the reliability of the engine and transmission system is very poor, which is of little practical significance compared with KV- 1 heavy tank and T-34 medium tank.

This is the last combat experience of the Soviet KV-2 heavy tank. Interestingly, after the Germans captured this heavy tank, they modified it and added it to their own combat troops. Considering the characteristics of KV-2, the Germans did not use it as a tank, but as a self-propelled gun, which allowed it to give full play to its firepower advantage and avoid bringing too much pressure to the unreliable power and transmission system. Some German KV-2 heavy tanks even served up to 1945.