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Encyclopedia > Artillery tractor
Komsomolets tractor

Artillery tractor is a kind of tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, a vehicle used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights. The first such devices were designed prior to the outbreak of World War I. Image File history File linksMetadata Komsom_05. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Komsom_05. ... T-20 armored tractor Komsomolets (Russian: , armored caterpillar-track tractor T-20) was designed by the end of 1936 at the Ordzhonikidze Moscow Plant no. ... The Trikke is a Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) This article is about the means of transport. ... Artillery with Gabion fortification Cannons on display at Fort Point Continental Artillery crew from the American Revolution Firing of an 18-pound gun, Louis-Philippe Crepin, (1772 – 1851) A forge-welded Iron Cannon in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...


There are two main types of artillery tractors, depending on the type of traction. Wheeled tractors are usually variations of lorries adapted for military service. Tracked tractors run on caterpillar track, and in some cases are built on a modified tank chassis with the superstructure replaced with a compartment for the gun crew or ammunition. The idea of half-track tractors was mostly discontinued after the World War II. In modern warfare, engineer vehicles of a different primary purpose sometimes double as artillery tractors in order to reposition guns. An example of this is the U.S. Marines' Light Capacity Rough Terrain Forklift (LCRTF), a versatile telehandler forklift which is capable of towing gear from either end. The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer truck prepares to offload Škoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For other articles with similar names, see Lorry (disambiguation) and truck (disambiguation). ... U.S. M60 Patton tank. ... Look up Chassis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Boxes of ammunition clog a warehouse in Baghdad Ammunition is a generic military term meaning (the assembly of) a projectile and its propellant. ... M3 Half-track A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... A telescopic handler, or telehandler, is a machine widely used in Agriculture and Industry. ... US airman operates forklift at a truck A forklift is a powered industrial truck used to hoist and transport materials by means of steel forks inserted under the load. ...

Royal Marines open version of Snow Trac with WOMBAT anti-tank weapon
Royal Marines open version of Snow Trac with WOMBAT anti-tank weapon

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Tank chassis

  • M4 Sherman
    • M34 - converted by removing recovery gear from M32B1 TRV (M4A1 Sherman tank chassis) and adding air brakes to tow heavy artillery, 1944
    • M35 - converted by removing turret from M10A1 tank destroyer (M4A3 Sherman tank chassis) and adding air brakes to tow 155 mm and 240 mm artillery
    • Sherman Gun Tower - British field conversion in Italy by removing turrets from old M4A2 Sherman tanks to tow 17 pdr AT gun and carry crew with ammunition
    • Wolverine Gun Tower - British M10 (M4A2 chassis) or M10A1 (M4A3 chassis) converted by removing turret, 1944-45
  • Cruiser Tank VI Crusader

WWII foreign variants and use: Lend-Lease Sherman tanks Post-WWII foreign variants and use: Postwar Sherman tanks The Medium Tank M4 was the primary tank produced by the United States for its own use and the use of its Allies during World War II. Production of the M4 Medium... Conqueror Armoured Recovery Vehicle 2 An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to repair battle-damaged or broken-down armoured vehicles during combat, or to tow them off the battlefield for more extensive repairs. ... The M10 Gun Motor Carriage known as Wolverine in British service was a US tank destroyer of World War II. // Usage American doctrine planned for tank destroyers to engage enemy tanks while tanks were used principally to support infantry. ... One of the primary cruiser tanks of the United Kingdom during World War II, the Cruiser Tank VI Crusader was perhaps the most important British tank of the North African Campaign. ...

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Soldiers of the Polish Black Brigade with a C7P artillery tractor.
Soldiers of the Polish Black Brigade with a C7P artillery tractor.

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The 10th Cavalry Brigade (Polish: ) was a Polish military unit, the only fully operational Polish motorized infantry unit during the Invasion of Poland of 1939, at the onset of World War II. Commanded by Col. ... C7P (an abbreviation of Ciągnik Siedmiotonowy Polski, 7-tonnes Polish Tractor) was a Polish caterpillar track artillery tractor, used by the Polish Army before and during the World War II. The tractor was developed by the design bureau of Witold Jakusz of the PZInż company between 1931 and 1934. ... C7P (an abbreviation of Ciągnik Siedmiotonowy Polski, 7-tonnes Polish Tractor) was a Polish caterpillar track artillery tractor, used by the Polish Army before and during the World War II. The tractor was developed by the design bureau of Witold Jakusz of the PZInż company between 1931 and 1934. ... The Vickers 6-Ton Tank or Vickers Mark E was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. ... The Loyd Carrier was one of a number of small tracked vehicles used by the British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War to transport equipment and men about the battlefield. ... Preserved UE at Musée des Blindés The Renault UE Chenillette was a light tracked armoured carrier and prime mover produced by France in the late 1930s and employed at the start of World War Two. ... The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as... The MT-LB is a Soviet multi-purpose fully-amphibious armoured personnel carrier which was first introduced in the 1970s. ... The Snow Trac is a small personal [snowcat]. In 1954, Lars Larsson, the chief design engineer for a Swedish farm equipment company, AB Westerasmaskiner, decided to develop a [tracked vehicle] to take him and his brother on fishing trips in the winter. ...

Half-track

Allied

The M2 Half Track Car was an armoured vehicle used by the United States during World War II. // History The half-track design had been evaluated by the US Ordance department using Citreon-Kegresse vehicles. ... The Carrier, Personnel Half-track M3 was an armoured vehicle used by the United States and its allies during World War II and the Cold War. ... The P107 Half-Track was a World War 2 French Halftrack. ... General characteristics Role gun tractor Crew 2 + 8 passengers armour none Capacity 1500 kg - Length 5. ...

Axis

  • SdKfz 7; 8-ton half track often towed the Flak 36 88 mm

The SdKfz 7 is a half-track military vehicle used by the German Army in WWII. SdKfz 7 Development of the SdKfz 7 can be traced back to a 1934 requirement for an eight-tonne (7. ...

Wheeled

US M3A1 White Scout Cars tow 37 mm Anti-tank guns.
US M3A1 White Scout Cars tow 37 mm Anti-tank guns.

Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... The M3 Scout Car was one of the most important, although less heard of, vehicles in U.S. service during World War II. It was used in a similar fashion to the Jeep. ... Polish armored car Ursus which saw combat during the Polish-German War of 1939. ... General characteristics Role Gun tractor Crew 1 + 5 passengers armour none Capacity - Length 4. ... The 25 pounder was the major British field gun/howitzer that was introduced into service just before World War II and was the British Armys primary artillery system into the 1950s. ... General characteristics Role Medium Artillery Tractor Crew 1 armour none Capacity 10-ton - Length 20 ft 10 in m Width 7 ft 10 in m Height 9 ft 7 in m Weight 7. ... BL 5. ... Karrier is a marque of car and commercial vehicle, the origins of which can be traced back to Clayton and Company, a 1904 company from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK. In 1908 they started making Karrier cars and in 1920 changed the company name to Karrier Motors Ltd. ... A group of native Indian muslim soldiers posing for volley firing orders. ... A Land Rover 101 Forward Control with the radio-vehicle body The Land Rover 101 Forward Control was a vehicle produced by Land Rover for the British Army. ... Pinzgauer is a high mobility all-terrain 4x4 and 6x6 military utility vehicle manufactured in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, by Automotive Technik (ATL). ... General characteristics Role gun tractor Crew 2 + 3 passengers armour none Capacity 700 kg - Length 4. ... General characteristics Role gun tractor Crew 2 + 3 passengers armour none Capacity 800 kg - Length 4. ... German 3. ...

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Self-propelled artillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1278 words)
In effect the carrier replaced the use of a separate horse team or internal combustion engine powered artillery tractor and allowed a new way for the gun to be used.
At the outbreak of World War II virtually all artillery was still being moved around by artillery tractors or horses.
Modern SP artillery is highly digitized with the ability to self survey firing positions using systems such as GPS and inertial navigation systems.
Artillery tractor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (340 words)
Artillery tractor is a kind of tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, a vehicle used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights.
There are two main types of artillery tractors, depending on the type of traction.
Tracked tractors run on caterpillar track, and in some cases are built on a modified tank chassis with the superstructure replaced with a compartment for the gun crew or ammunition.
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