KV-1 76.2mm ZIS-5 gun in action.

[Captain Hilts]

Hello,
I am connecting my KV-1 main gun to servo recoil, but I cant find any videos showing the real tank firing so I can set my tank up to look realistic, so I'm not even sure if the gun recoils at all or how the tank reacts when firing . Any info or video would be appreciated.

[RobW]

It's the same gun as on the T34/76, gives you more chance of finding something.

[Captain Hilts]

Cheers Mick and Rob. Gives me another line of research.i totally never thought of looking for T34 videos. Cheers

[Raminator]

I have a feeling we gave the Russians our 17 pounder gun on a lend lease maybe. Although the recoil was heavily modified to go into the Sherman with a shorter recoil, I don't think the Russians needed to modify it.

The Soviets were the only Allies who didn't get the 17 pdr. With the 85 mm D-5T and 100 mm D-10, they probably didn't need it.

Interestingly though, when the Australians considered upgunning the Sentinel from the 6 pdr, they created a testbed with dual 25 pdr howitzers. They figured if the tank could handle firing the two guns simultaneously, it could survive the 17 pdr's famous recoil.

[RobW]

They also caused the Valentine to be in production far longer than it needed to be!

[Captain Hilts]

I did read that the British never gave the Soviets the 17 pbr. They made there own version. 76.2 mm 3/inch gun , same size as the 17 pbr. But there shells were not as good as the British . Would still like to see a KV1 firing though .