Takom 2112 Soviet SMK Heavy Tank (New Tool) Kit

  The SMK heavy tank (named after Communist Party leader Sergei Mironovich Kirov) and the T-100 heavy tank were both designed by Zhozef Yakovlevich Kotin in 1938. Both of these Soviet tanks looked very similar.The SMK and the T-100 each had two turrets - an upper central turret with 360 degree traverse that mounted a 3 inch (76.2mm) gun and a lower front turret which only had 180-degree traverse and mounted a 1.77 inch (45mm) gun. The SMK, which was 11 tons lighter than the T-100, had a new torsion bar suspension with eight independently sprung wheels, which had rubber bushed hubs, and four return rollers on each side. A new type of track was used on the SMK.  This track had small pitch links with lots of spuds to provide traction.The hull and the turret of the SMK were made of cast armor, up to 2.36 (60mm) thick, which was supposed to provide protection against a 1.46 inch (37mm) anti-tank round at any range. The SMK heavy tank was developed as a prototype. It was tested during the