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50 Roubles Heavy Tank KV-2
| Issuer | Soviet Union (Russia) |
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| Weight | 13.1 g |
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| Obverse description | At the top of the obverse, a curved legend reads ТЯЖЁЛЫЙ ТАНК (Heavy Tank) flanked by asterisks. Below, the designation KV-2 appears in prominent Latin characters at the center of the field. At the lower portion, the Soviet State Coat of Arms is depicted, flanked by the Cyrillic letters СС to the left and СР to the right, together forming the abbreviation СССР (USSR). The design is a fantasy piece commemorating the Soviet KV-2 heavy tank of World War II. The overall composition is bold and heraldic in character. |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic/Latin |
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The KV-2 was developed in direct response to Finnish fortifications encountered during the Winter War of 1939–40, where standard tank armament proved useless against reinforced concrete bunkers. The design was rushed — Kotin's team at the Kirov Plant had a prototype running within days of receiving the requirement. Its enormous turret made it catastrophically top-heavy, prone to tipping on uneven ground, and the turret ring frequently jammed if the vehicle wasn't parked on level terrain before engaging.
Production ceased in late 1941 after most of the fleet was lost not to enemy fire but to mechanical failure and fuel shortages during the chaotic German advance.