A stopgap upgrade to the KV series was the short-lived KV-85 or Objekt 239. This was a KV-1S with a new turret designed for the IS-85, mounting the same 85 mm D-5T gun as the SU-85 and early versions of the T-34-85. Already-high demand for the gun slowed production of the KV-85 tremendously, and only 148 were built before the KV design was replaced. The KV-85 was produced in the fall and winter of 1943-44; they were sent to the front as of September 1943, and production of the KV-85 was stopped by the spring of 1944 once the IS-2 entered full scale production.Item No 01569Item Name Soviet KV-85 Heavy TankBar Code 9580208015699Scale 1:35Item Type Static KitModel Brief Length:248.8mm Width: 94.8mmTotal Parts 430+Metal Parts brass wirePhoto Etched Parts 1 pieceFilm Parts naResin Parts naTotal Sprues 21 sprues , turret and lower hullReleased Date 2012-08More Features "The kit consists of over 430 parts>the kit w/refined detail>multi-slide moulded lower hull>192 individual tracks links >Photo Etched Parts included"
