The initial KV-I was a nightmare for the German anti-tank and tank gun crews in 1941. Its thick armour easily deflected the German 37mm and 50mm armour piercing rounds, and its 76mm dual-purpose gun proved extremely dangerous. The Russians then upped the ante even further by creating the KV-II, stuffing a 152mm howitzer in a massive box-like turret, so large and heavy that it couldn't rotate if the vehicle was on an incline. Whoops! Tamiya has chosen this monster as the second subject from the KV family in their 1/48 scale tank kit lineup. The model features the series-standard die-cast metal chassis and link-and-length injection plastic tracks with realistic sag molded in.