How Bad Was The KV-1?

This series tends to find a middle ground for polarized tanks, but the Soviet KV-1 heavy tank is a bit different. Many either don't think much of it or think it was great, despite its troubled development and service life.

Sources:
KV-1 Soviet Heavy Tanks of WWII by Jochen Vollert
The SU-152 and Related Vehicles by Yuri Igorevich Pasholok & Dana Lombardy
KV-2 Soviet Heavy Breakthrough Tank of WWII by Jochen Vollert
World War 2 In Review No. 32: Soviet Fighting Vehicles
KV-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939-45 by Steven Zaloga & Peter Sarson
Armored Champion by Steven Zaloga

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