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I think there is even a story using the actual German tank commander's story that because they couldn't penetrate its armour even after circling the bugger, he literally deliberately targetted the huge Soviet 152? cannon and holed it clear though making the gun inoperable.
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I believe it was a KV-1, in fact I am certain because the turret had the rear overhang for the ammo. It was somewhere around Orel (?) I believe and the KV-1s had orders to prevent the Germans from taking the railroad yards. The German retreated into a town and the KVs followed them, bad move. I think it was Eichman or Bach.
The KV-2 on the bridge held out for almost 3 weeks blowing the hell out of anything that showed itself. They tried mines which removed the treads but couldn't blow the tank. There was only rear echelon troops available to remove it also, the front line having moved far to the east. Someone finally got a batallion of PZ3s on the scene and some 88s. While the PZ3s attacked from the front the 88s moved into the rear of the tank and blew it to pieces. This I am sure is a KV-2.