Captured KV-1

"Captured by Germany. Development was started at the end of 1938. A prototype was produced in August 1939. First saw action in December 1939 at the Mannerheim Line. The vehicle was mass-produced from March 1940 through August 1942, with a total of 2769 manufactured." The Captured KV-1 is a German tier 5 heavy tank.

Captured KV-1
Turret: tier 5 KV-1 ChTZ mod. 1942

Turret Armor: 110/110/110

Traverse Speed (deg/sec): 24

View Range (m): 310

Gun: tier 5 57 mm project 413

Rate of Fire (rounds/min): 26.09

Penetration: 112/189/29

Damage: 85/85/95

Aiming Time (sec): 2.30

Accuracy: 0.34

Engine: tier 6 V-5

Engine Power (h.p.): 600

Tracks: tier 5 KV-1 mod. 1941

Traverse speed (deg/sec): 20

Radio: tier 7 10RK

Signal Range (m): 400

Pros

 * Good damage per minute due to the very fast reload speed, only one millisecond shorter than the Churchill III
 * Good gun handling; great accuracy at its tier and decent aim time.
 * High pen premium round of 189 will usually tear right through most enemies it hits.
 * V-5 engine has 600 h.p. making mobility slightly better than standard KV-1
 * Slightly better concealment over KV-1 due to unique camo
 * Dual crew trainer

Cons

 * Sees tier 7 battles, unlike Churchill III
 * Fires faster than it can aim
 * Terrible view range

The Captured KV-1 is a near copy of the KV-57M packaged KV-1 featuring the low damage, rapid firing, and accurate 57 mm project 413 gun. However, unlike the standard KV-1, this tank has a V-5 engine featuring 100 more h.p. over the V-2K top engine on the KV-1, a unique camouflage providing a small bonus to concealment, doubles as a dual crew tank for German and Soviet crews, on top of the benefit of earning double silver due to it's premium status. In retrospect, the Captured KV-1 and KV-57M packaged KV-1 can be seen as improved Churchill III's, though both KV-1's can see tier 7 battles unlike the Churchill where their usefulness is largely negated by low damage output and poor standard round penetration.