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SMK (named after Sergei Mironovich Kirov - the assassinated party official) was an armored vehicle prototype developed by the Soviet Union prior to the Second World War. The SMK was mistakenly known to German intelligence as the T-35C.〔(SMK Heavy Tank ) onwar.com〕 Only one was built and after a poor showing against other designs and brief use in the war with Finland, the project was dropped. ==Design and development== The SMK was among the designs competing to replace the unreliable and expensive T-35 multi-turreted heavy tank. A design team under Josef Kotin at the Kirovski Works (formerly the Putilov Works) at Leningrad designed the tank. Competition came from the former OKMO designer N. Barykov at the ''Bolshevik'' Plant. In spite of the lessons that could have been learned during the Spanish Civil War, the specification drawn up for the "Anti-Tank Gun Destroyer" in 1937 required the ability to withstand 45 mm anti-tank guns at point-blank range and 75 mm artillery fire at .〔Zaloga p6〕 Meetings in 1938 reduced the number of turrets in the specification and a move to torsion bar from spring suspension. Kotin and his assistant independently designed a single-turret version of the SMK which received Stalin's approval and the name KV. Production of two prototypes was ordered. The SMK's armament was a short 76.2 mm gun in the upper centrally placed turret and a 45 mm weapon in the forward turret. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SMK tank」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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