Panzerkampf Soviet Object 279 Kotin Heavy Tank

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Soviet Object 279 Kotin Heavy Tank - Green (1:72 Scale)

Panzerkampf Soviet Object 279 Kotin Heavy Tank - Green

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Panzerkampf PZK12082 Soviet Object 279 Kotin Heavy Tank - Green (1:72 Scale) "By powerful artillery fire, air strikes, and a wave of attacking tanks, we're supposed to swiftly crush the enemy."
- Marshal Georgi K. Zhukov

The Object 279 Kotin was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959. The tank was developed at the Kirov Plant in Leningrad by a group headed by the engineer L. Troyanov. The work on the tank started in 1957, which was based on a heavy tank operational requirements developed in 1956, and a pre-production tank was completed at the end of 1959.

This unique tank boasted increased cross-country capability. It featured four-track running gear mounted on two longitudinal, rectangular hollow beams, which were also used as fuel tanks. The tank suspension was hydro-pneumatic with complex hydrotransformer and three-speed planetary gearbox. The track adjuster was worm-type. The specific ground pressure of this heavy vehicle did not exceed 0.6 kg/cm2 (~8.5psi). The track chain, running practically along the whole track length provided for increased cross-country capabilities on swampy terrain, soft soils and area full of cut trees, Czech hedgehogs, antitank obstacles and the like.

The tank was equipped with the powerful 1000 hp 2DG-8M diesel engine, enabling the 60 metric ton tank to attain 55 km/h (34mph) speed, with active range of 300 km (186 miles) on one refuel. It also had auto fire-fighting systems, smoke laying equipment and a combat compartment heating and cooling system.

Pictured here is a 1:72 scale replica of a Soviet Object 279 Kotin heavy tank painted in green. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Length: 4-inches
Width: 1-3/4-inches

Release Date: September 2020

Historical Account: "Abandonment" - One of the reasons that the Object 279 Kotin heavy tank project was abandoned, as with other heavy tank projects, was that the Soviet military ceased to operate such heavy fighting vehicles in 1960. Since then, the heaviest ones are kept at about 50 metric tons of weight, not counting extra equipment such as additional reactive armor or mine clearing devices. On July 22nd, 1960, at the demonstration of new technology on the range of Kapustin Yar, Nikita Khrushchev strictly forbade any tanks with a weight of more than 37 metric tons to be adopted by the military, having thus written off the entire program of heavy tanks that had proven to be so successful.

Adding to this decision was that Nikita Khrushchev himself was a supporter of an alternative - guided missile tanks, the most prominent of which was IT-1. Furthermore, the Soviet military wanted tanks with a suitable weight for crossing their own bridges, in case of homeland defense situations similar to those that occurred during World War II, which at that time seemed to be unreliable for heavy vehicle crossings. Another reason was that a number of serious deficiencies of the running gear appeared during the trials. These deficiencies included low nimbleness, efficiency loss during swampy area crossings, complex and expensive production, maintenance and repair, and impossibility of reduction in the overall height of the tank.