Welcome to my Quan Guan Lego KV-1 Tank Review of set 100070. The Soviet KV-1 Tank has always been one of my personal favorites. This one is a Chinese Cobi knockoff, but still nice.
I love building Lego brick tanks and Cobi and Quan Guan make the absolute best Lego compatible tanks around.
The unique Cobi tank track system as well as their cool and historically accurate designs make these really great functional toys and collector items.
Check out my Cobi Elefant Tank Review for another awesome Cobi tank.
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Soviet KV 1 Tank
From Wikipedia:
The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tanks, a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov, operated with the Red Army during World War II. The KV tanks were known for their heavy armour protection during the early stages of the war, especially during the first year of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In certain situations, even a single KV-1 or KV-2 supported by infantry could halt large German formations. The German Wehrmacht at that time rarely deployed its tanks against KVs, as their own armament was too poor to deal with the “Russischer Koloss” – “Russian Colossus”.
The KV tanks were practically immune to the 3.7 cm KwK 36 and howitzer-like, short-barreled 7.5 cm KwK 37 guns mounted, respectively, on the early Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks fielded by the invading German forces. Until the Germans developed more effective guns, the KV-1 was invulnerable to almost any German weapon except the 8.8 cm Flak gun.
Prior to the start of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, about 500 of the over 22,000 tanks then in Soviet service were of the KV-1 type. As the war progressed, it became evident that there was little sense in producing the expensive KV tanks, as the T-34 medium tank performed better (or at least equally well) in all practical respects. In fact the only advantage the KV had over the T-34/76 was its larger and roomier three-man turret. Later in the war, the KV series became a base for the development of the IS (Iosif Stalin) series of tanks and self-propelled guns.
Quan Guan KV 1 Tank
The set comes with 768 pieces, 3 mini figures and World War 2 era weapons like the Soviet DP Machine Gun. The tank measures 23 cm long (9 inches), 12.3 cm wide (4.9 inches) and 17 cm high (6.69 inches).
Quan Guan KV 1 Tank Features
This tank has similar features to the Cobi KV 1 tank model.
First, the turret fully rotates 360 degrees and the main gun moves up and down.
The top turret has single square hatch that opens and closes and you could slightly modify the kit and mount a machine gun with ammo belt.
On the back deck of the hull, there is an engine hatch that opens and closes to reveal a custom V12 tank engine. This engine reminds me of a model and does fit standard Lego pieces.
The front of the tank has a hull mounted machine gun. But there is no driver compartment accessible.
There is lots of high quality custom printing that make these models so cool to build.
Finally, the tank tracks are copies of the Cobi system which is very good.
Overall, a great tank and a great addition to any brick army!
How to Buy Quan Guan KV 1 Tank
I bought mine on Aliexpress and it came in a few weeks. To buy the Quan Guan KV 1 Tank follow the link to Aliexpress : AliExpress.com Product – 768PCS City Military Soviet Russia KV 1 Tank Building Blocks Legoingly WW2 Tank Soldier Police Weapon Bricks Sets Toys for Boys
I hope you enjoyed this Quan Guan Lego KV 1 Tank Review of set 100070.
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