Originally Posted by
tankme
Looks like a simple solution. Simple is good.
I'm curious about your 76mm aluminum barrel. I ordered one from MK Modellbau since Axel's Modellbau was out of the Schumo 76mm barrels (which are now back in stock). I assembled the kit barrel to compare the two barrels because the aftermarket barrel I bought was vastly larger than the kit barrel in circumference. I'm guessing you had to enlarge the hole for the barrel since it looks to me like it is larger than the kit barrel? Which barrel are you using? My research indicates that the KV-1 and the T34/76 guns were basically the same, but they had a different designation.
I am trying to keep things simple. Simple is easy to maintain. The barrel is a Schumo that I got back in '15. My references indicate this model of T34 used the F-34 gun. Initially the Kv1 used a short 76.2 L11, was upgraded in 1940 to the F-32 gun and not quite as effective as the F-34. In 1941 some KV's were armed with the F-34 and others were given a ZIS-5 which mounted better in the KV turret but was basically the same as the the F-34.