- KhTZ-16
The KhTZ-16 ( _ru. "ХТЗ-16") [http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWII/tractor/bronetr3.html] (ХТЗ, after the
Kharkov Tractor Factory ; _ru. "Kharkovskiy Traktorniy Zavod") was a Soviet improvised armoured vehicle of theSecond World War , built on the chassis of an STZ-3 tractor. The vehicles were built in Kharkov until the factory was evacuated to the east, at which time production moved to Stalingrad. No less than 809 vehicles were planned, but no more than about 60 were actually built. Some vehicles were used in the fighting around Kharkov in October1941 , but were quickly lost.The vehicle was operated by a crew of two, and armed with a 45mm
anti-tank gun and a 7.65mm DT orDegtyarev light machine gun mounted in a fixed superstructure.References
* Zaloga, Steven J., James Grandsen (1984). "Soviet Tanks and Combat Vehicles of World War Two", p. 142. London: Arms and Armour Press. ISBN 0-85368-606-8.
* Kolomiets M. "Bronetractors" M-Hobby, #3, 1997See also
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NI Tank External links
* [http://rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com/galleries/Armored_Tractors.htm Soviet armored tractors]
* [http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/WWII/tractor/bronetr3.html Kolomiets M. M-Hobby, #3, 1997 "Bronetrctors, part III"]
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