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Originally Posted by TRDG
Scott, "Russian" to me is a generic (covers everything) term I use a lot, and I have not had any problems with the term, even on the ACG Russian forum, and you know how that can go I beleave!!!  You should know me better than that by now I think.... LOL
Lets put it this way, take out all the vehicles, but keep the rest, then see where it leads, Then do the same thing in reverse, The supplies without the trucks is where I think the "rub" is, as that specific vehicle was pretty critical in getting the supplies (and troops) where they were supposed to be.
Cheers, any thoughts sir??
Tom |
There's no argument that the trucks were very useful, and definitely served to free up production capacity for other vehicles. Remember, the bulk of these arrived in 1943-44, and by that time Soviet industry was back on track, and that capacity was there. Had the trucks not arrived as they did, they would have simply continued to build GAZ and ZiS trucks, and fewer tanks, tractors and aircraft.
More interesting, to my mind, is the "next generation" Soviet trucks, like the ZiS-150 series. These were very much a combination of Soviet and US automotive technology — GAZ engines with a drive train taken from the CCKW/US-6 and a cab that looks for all the world like an IHC K-7. These were still in production twenty years later, and could certainly still be seen in the 1980s, when I was there. Tough trucks ...
Cheers
Scott Fraser