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The R.6.T began as an artillery tractor developed by the British Four Wheel Drive Lorry Company (FWD England) of Slough.. FWD began in 1921 as a British subsidiary of the US Four Wheel Drive Auto Company, refurbishing and reselling war-surplus FWD Model B trucks, nearly three thousand of which had been purchased by the British Army during the First World War.
During the war, many tractor factories were destroyed, some of them have relocated to the east of the country and produced for the front . 1944 - resumed production of tractors. After the war, the construction of new enterprises was continued. 1946 - started production of the first tractor with a closed cabin S-80
Wheeled British WWII Scammell Pioneer towing an 8-inch howitzer Tracked Finnish WWII Komsomolets (captured from USSR) Half-tracked German Sd.Kfz. 7 towing an 8.8cm Flak. An artillery tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, is a specialized heavy-duty form of tractor unit used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights and calibres.
Abandoned KhTZ-16 in 1942. The KhTZ-16 (Russian: ХТЗ-16) (after the Kharkiv Tractor Factory; Ukrainian: Харківський Тракторний Завод) was a Soviet improvised fighting vehicle of the Second World War, built on the chassis of an STZ-3 tractor. [1]
Produced as an artillery tractor during World War II, it was used to tow the 105 mm Howitzer M2, 4.5-inch gun M1 and 155 mm Howitzer M1. [50] M6 high-speed tractor: Artillery tractor: Tracked: 1944 Produced as an artillery tractor during World War II, it was used to tow the 120 mm AA Gun M1, 8-inch gun M1 and 240 mm howitzer M1. [50] M7 snow ...
A BioWare developer posted to the company's forum that HK-47 is named in homage of a dropship in Shattered Steel. [2] However, Knights of the Old Republic lead writer Drew Karpyshyn claimed the name derived from his billiards team's name, which in turn was partially derived from the AK-47; [3] the "Mister Bones" nickname provided to the character's B-1 battle droid form introduced in Chuck ...
Preserved Matador artillery tractor, Beltring 2011. Over 9,600 Matadors were built, [3] some going to the Royal Air Force (RAF). For the British Army, it fulfilled a role between field artillery tractors (FATs) such as the Morris C8 Quad, which towed smaller guns such as the 25-pounder gun-howitzer, and the Scammell Pioneer, used for towing the 7.2-inch howitzer.
The Militant served with the British Army and some other armies in most parts of the world. It was intended as an improved artillery tractor, but after the Second World War, the development of large artillery pieces was gradually dropped in favour of more effective rockets and missiles, making this role largely redundant during the Militant's service life.