#kv-1

IMPORTANT NOTE: the kv-2 was actually designed before germany invaded the USSR, so last panel a little inaccurate on who the soviet union was planning to be fighting when it was designed (was mostly for their invasion of finland)

q: what is that hat

Char lourd soviétique KV-1 de la 32e Brigade blindée détruit par le 35e Régiment de panzer le 24 novembre 1941 lors de la prise de Veniov – Bataille de Moscou – Opération Barbarossa – Novembre 1941

From Warlord No. 263, cover dated 6 October 1979.

Back page 'Battlewagons' feature on the KV-1 Heavy Tank. Art by Ian Kennedy.

Contrary to what the DVD sleeve says, this movie is about the commander of a KV-1 tank who loses his crew and is assigned to a new crew and tank. The new tank is broken, and half of the movie is spent trying to get it to run, in order to fight Germans. The other half is spent blowing up Pz. IVs like pinatas.

What they are fighting about exactly isn’t really clear, or maybe my dad just talked too much during the movie for me to be able to pay proper attention.

If you saw the trailer, you basically saw 90% of the plot already, and also the most action-filled scenes. You also saw already what exactly you can expect from this movie - tanks, explosions, and more tanks. And it’s awesome. Basically, the movie keeps what it promises! You’ll see tank battles and some interpersonal conflict.

The bathing scene from the trailer wasn’t included in the final movie however, strangely enough. Not that I feel sad about it; the interpersonal parts were the weakness of the movie, I think. 

One thing I greatly enjoyed about White Tiger was the complete lack of a love story. This movie on the other hand had a love story, which was not terrible but like a lot of the other interpersonal plot elements, it felt a bit like “wanted to, but wasn’t able to”.

The acting and dramatization is at times a bit over the top or shallow, and I don’t know what they were trying to achieve by talking about spare parts so much. There was a lot of telling instead of showing in general. And sometimes the movie would just cut to a completely different scene with little or no explanation what happened.