STZ-5
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The STZ-5 artillery tractor was a product of the
Description
The STZ-5 features a fully enclosed metal, two person crew compartment (
Development
The STZ-5 was designed at the Stalingrad tractor factory with initial work on the project beginning in 1933. The designers borrowed elements and ideas from the British
Operational notes
The STZ-5 was designated to tow division level to corps level guns, howitzers and anti-aircraft guns.
This prime mover was praised for its reliability and good cross country ability. It was criticized for having low power, a narrow track and high ground pressure, which would have led to poor performance in snow and mud.
A small number of these vehicles had the
The German army readily pressed captured STZ-5 tractors into service and designated them as CT3-601(r).
Specifications[1]
- Factory: STZ (Stalingradsky Traktorny Zavod)
- Years Produced: 1937-1942
- Number produced: 9944
- Military service: 1937- 1945
- Length: 4.15 m
- Width: 1.855 m
- Height: 2.36 m
- Ground clearance: 29 cm
- Wading depth: 0.8 m
- Engine: 1MA (7.46 L In-line 4 cylinder petrol), 38.8 kW (52 hp) at 1250 rpm.
- Range: 145 km
- Maximum speed: 25 km/h
- Weight: 5840 kg
- Transport mass: 1.5t
- Towable mass: 4.5 to 7.25t
References
- ^ Vollert, Jochen (2006). Tyagatshi: Soviet Full Tracked Artillery Tractors of WW2 in Red Army and Wehrmacht Service. Tankograd Publishing - Verlag Jochern Vollert; First Edition. Pg. 221
External links
- Engines of the Red Army – STZ-5 page, http://www.o5m6.de/stz-5.html Retrieved April 2015
- "STZ-5 "Stalingradec"" http://www.autogallery.org.ru/m/stz5.htm Retrieved April 2016