I had been under the impression, not sure where I got it from, that the only surviving KV-2 was in Kubinka.

But today I was watching a show called "Fields of Armor" from the early 90's. They were interviewing a couple of Russian veterans of Kursk in a museum in Moscow. In one scene he was walking past a lengthy row of tanks. One of which had the unmistakable turret of a KV-2.

Are there any others I'm not aware of?

-Hans

Hi Hans,

The only "close to" genuine surviving KV-2 is at the CAF Museum in Moscow. I say "close to" because it's actually the MT-2 turret from a KV-2 Model 1940 mounted on a hull that carries a variety of different production features, many of which never saw service on the KV-2 and some of which never reached production at all.

There are rumors of some MT-2 turrets being mounted, or at least jury-rigged onto, IS series hulls for a movie at some time, but I have never seen photographs of these.

Hope this helps...

Neil

At least three IS-2M were "converted" into KV tanks, apparently for a movie and resided at a museum in Murmansk. Maybe they're still there. One had a fake KV-2 turret as seen here, and two had KV-1 turrets.

As mentioned in the KV thread down the page... there is one tank on display outdoors in Moscow. Its welded shut, and for all anyone knows it could be a hollow shell. I haven't looked at pictures of it in a long time, but I recall thinking it was perhaps a KV-2 turret stuck on a KV-1 hull for display purposes.

There have been some replica KV tanks made for various movies or a museum could have a mock up. Some were done on T-55 tanks,, for example.

Only one preserved.
In Murmansk - fake turret on the IS-2M hull.