Lend-lease record holder Studebaker US6

If we talk about the most massive truck that was delivered to the Soviet Union during the Great Patriotic War, then this is, of course, the famous American Studebaker US6. More precisely, this car was generally the absolute leader among all types of military equipment, which, according to Lend-Lease, came to the USSR during the Second World War. This is a three-axle machine that had two wheel formula options: 6X6 or 6X4. Of the nearly 197 thousands produced by Studebaker US6, more than 100 thousands ended up in the Soviet Union. Of these, more than half were either destroyed during the war or seriously damaged. However, even after the war, it was these American-made trucks that went on the roads of the USSR for quite a long time.

Today, the Russian army has many more options for using trucks for their own purposes. Both ordinary trucks for transporting personnel and special truck tractors for transporting various types of cargo are used here. All details about ordering trucks can be found on the website http://tdrusavto.ru, which presents a variety of techniques.

Returning to the Studebaker US6, it is worth noting that it was significantly superior to those trucks that were produced at that time in the Soviet Union. Its lifting capacity reached almost 2,5 tons with a dead weight of about 4500 kg. Gasoline fuel was used for transportation. At the same time, the consumption when driving at a speed of about 50 km / h reached 39-40 liters per hundred kilometers.

An interesting fact that indicates that the Studebaker US6 was not operated by the American army itself. The reason here is not at all that the Americans considered this truck to be worse than analogues made by other companies. The true reason is not the coincidence of the parameters of the car engine under the standards that existed at that time.

One of the most famous variations of using Studebaker US6 is the Katyusha rocket launcher. Including from this American car rockets were launched that effectively hit the enemy at a great distance. In addition to the Studebaker US6 rocket launchers were placed on Soviet cars: for example, on the BM-13. Monument "Katyusha" on the chassis Studebaker US6 can be seen in the museum on Poklonnaya Hill in the Russian capital.

Comments

[smoker]

Actually, BM-13 is the name of the launcher, not the Soviet car, but the Soviet car on the chassis of which the BM-13 was mounted during the Second World War is the ZIS-6

[Chicot 1]

One word - legend...

[Rjn]

Something absurd about "Katyusha". What it was not only installed on, it would take a long time to list, and only standardization in the form of BM-13N (normalized) on the Studer chassis completed this search for a better basis.

[Andrey77]

BM-13N lived almost to BM-21 Grad. :)

[Bad_gr]

According to Studebaker, I can add that he used a vacuum on the brakes. This was at a time when we had cable ones on the lorry (hence, one of the most massive breakdowns in the lorry is the back of the driver's seat). But the patency of the cars said: "Where the lorry did not pass, Studebaker has nothing to do there."

[Rjn]

Yes, Studebaker had a hydraulic brake system with a vacuum booster.

[Andrey77]

Our Russian ... It's easier to push a lorry. :)

[Bosk]

As I understand it, after the war, the students did not give it to the Americans ... or did they still ship it later?

[Bad_gr]

Quote: Bosk

As I understand it, after the war, the students did not give it to the Americans ... or did they still ship it later?

They gave away fully equipped (of course, those cars that were not ditched in the war). The Americans checked the completeness, loaded onto the ship, and right on the ship the car went under pressure. Scrap metal in briquettes was already going to America.

[Bosk]

It turns out that those few who, after the war, traveled along the roads of the Union ... were collected from ditched cars?

[Fedya]

Actually, Studer ate up to 50 liters!