RE: KV-VI Behemoth [TANKS]

["John Barager" <gogetta20-at-hotmail.com>]

Um Steve, the SMK and T-100 (Another like it) were competitors with the 
KV-1, not anything at all like the "KV-VI" described origonally.

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Steve Tyng" <STyng-at-acptrust.com>
Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Subject: RE: KV-VI Behemoth [TANKS]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:53:03 -0500

They did build one of these which actually did see combat.

http://www.battlefield.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&I
temid=50&lang=en




 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
 > [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of toast
 > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 3:22 PM
 > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
 > Subject: RE: KV-VI Behemoth [TANKS]
 >
 > When I saw it I immediately thought "How can that thing skid
 > steer (or steer at all for that matter)?"
 >
 > The story was peppered with seemingly logical information
 > though so I just thought "those crazy ruskies."
 >
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
 > [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of John Barager
 > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 1:55 PM
 > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
 > Subject: RE: KV-VI Behemoth [TANKS]
 >
 > I googled i up and found a some discussion on that model,
 > they all say it's a joke.
 > And I looked up some of those books, and they didn't exist.
 > Plus, I would think that having been really into the subject
 > of very rare tanks these past few years, I would have come
 > accross it before.
 > And despite the absurd design flaws in such a vehicle that I
 > doubt the Soviet designers would have worked with.
 >
 > - John
 >
 > ----Original Message Follows----
 > From: "toast" <toast-at-shadowsofchange.com>
 > Reply-To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
 > To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
 > Subject: RE: KV-VI Behemoth [TANKS]
 > Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:56:54 -0600
 >
 > Ya but I'd only be able to fire one gun at a time according
 > to the current rules.  I'd need like 3 or 4 guys helping me
 > run it.  It was a joke..  a lark.  I thought it was real
 > though and John seems to think it's not.  So is this thing
 > real or the product of some one's imagination.
 >
 >
 >
 >    _____
 >
 > From: tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com
 > [mailto:tanks-admin-at-rctankcombat.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tyng
 > Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 10:27 AM
 > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
 > Subject: RE: KV-VI Behemoth [TANKS]
 >
 >
 >
 > If somebody showed up on the field with one of those I'd say
 > give it an 8 point defensive rating just for sheer audacity!
 >
 >
 >
 > Steve Tyng
 >