When German Soldiers First Faced the Soviet KV-1 Tank

June 1941. The German army is rolling east faster than anyone thought possible. Then, on a single road in Lithuania, one Soviet tank stops an entire battle group. This is the story of the KV-1 — the fifty-ton machine that German guns simply could not kill.

We break down why its armor was impenetrable at normal combat range, what happened at Raseiniai when a lone crew held up thousands of men, and how one summer of shock changed tank design for both the Wehrmacht and the Red Army.

Chapters:
00:00 The tank they couldn't understand
01:20 KV-1 vs Panzer III
03:10 First shells, first bounces
05:00 The battle of Raseiniai
08:00 The 88mm answer
10:00 Why the Soviets built it this way
12:00 Tigers, Panthers, and the arms race
13:30 What replaced the KV-1

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Дата на публикация: 3 ноември, 2026
Категория: История и нации
Ключови думи: When The First german Soldiers Tank Soviet Faced KV-1