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Today we take a look at the first devblog covering a premium vehicle, in the form of the KV-1 m1942, a Soviet KV-1 Model 1942 that was captured and pressed into service by Finland and will be coming to the Swedish tech tree at Rank 3!  Link to KV-1 m1942 Devblog⬇️ https://warthunder.com/en/news/9039-development-kv-1-m1942-klimi-the-reclaimed-giant-en  September 2024 Update Devblog Videos⬇️ T1E1: https://youtu.be/b5xN7vxHRow ZSU-23-4M2: https://youtu.be/KRtSRVtDGDE USS Tennessee BB-43: https://youtu.be/zrghoelllNU KV-1 m1942: https://youtu.be/lR23K9SCq4E  Social Media ⬇️ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/toreno.bsky.social Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Toreno4 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toreno170 Mastodon: Toreno17@mastodon.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@toreno170 Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Toreno17 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/toreno5/videos   Game: War Thunder  ⬅️  #warthunder #finland #sweden #captured #kv1

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00:00So, continuing our look at the dev blogs for the next update, today we've got our first dev blog

00:05about a premium vehicle, the KV-1 M1942, which is a heavy tank that's going to be coming to the

00:12Swedish tech tree at rank 3. So basically, this is a KV-1 model 1942 that was captured by the Finns,

00:20and this is one of the later models of the KV-1, and it's quite a good model because it's fitted

00:25with the SIS-5 gun, as well as a quite heavily armoured turret. So we'll look at the SIS-5 gun

00:32first and compare it to the KV-1 L11 gun. On the L11, its stock 350A shell has 70mm penetration

00:39at 500m. Compare that to the SIS-5 with its stock 350A shell, and it has 77mm penetration. So,

00:48a little bit better penetrating, it's a little bit more effective at anti-tank work,

00:52and we're told in the dev blog that the turret is going to be about 100mm for the sides and

00:5682-90mm for the front, and it does look to be a lot more curved. It looks like it's using a cast

01:02turret, so not the more angular turrets of the earlier models, which use RHA armour. This will

01:08probably give it about roughly the same armour protection as the KV-1E, so that's got additional

01:14armour plates fitted to the side. Of course, cast armour in-game does have a slight negative

01:20modifier, so it doesn't protect quite as well as RHA armour, but hopefully the curving of the

01:25turret will make up for that, whereas tanks like the KV-1E just have very flat plates. And da-da-da,

01:31it seems to have roughly the same top speed, so about 34kmh or a little over 21mph, and it should

01:37have the same five-man crew. So, it seems like it'll be a decent vehicle. It's a shame that it's

01:42going to be a premium vehicle, because of course Sweden doesn't really have much in the way of

01:46heavy tanks in its tech tree. In fact, looking at the Swedish tech tree, I don't think they have

01:50any heavy tanks, to be honest. So, it would have been nice to get a heavy tank, even if it was a

01:56captured model. And also, it would be nice for the Soviets to get the Model 1942, because I don't

02:00think they have the Model 1942 themselves. But yeah, there's not really an alternative heavy

02:04tank for the Swedish tech tree. I mean, maybe you could use the Kranvagn, although I'm not sure if

02:10that was even fully finished. I think they only finished the hull of that tank, so maybe Gaijin

02:15would have to make an exception there. But yeah, other than that, there's not really much in the

02:19way of heavy tanks for the Swedish tech tree. So yeah, it's a shame that this is going to be a

02:23premium vehicle, but it'll be a decent enough vehicle, I think. You know, it's got a decent

02:27enough gun. It'll be pretty heavily armoured. I suspect it'll probably come in at around battle

02:31rating 4.0, maybe 4.3, something along those lines. But we'll just have to see how it performs in game.

02:39Anyway, just a quick video looking at the KV-1 M1942. Hopefully you've enjoyed this dev blog.

02:44Hopefully you'll join me for the next one. I've been Tereno, and I'll see you next time.

KV-1 m1942 Devblog - Finnish Heavy Tank - War Thunder

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