ZIS-42M(odernized)
ZiS-42
ZIS-42M with battery underneath the cab, 3(!) additional fuel tanks attached to the frame and non-openable cargo sides
Red Army sapper welding rocket launcher rails with a PARM-like ZIS-42 in the back
ZiS-42(M), 2.5-ton Halftrack, Cargo and Prime Mover
Inspired by similar German and French designs, Russian halftrack development started in the late 30s, resulting in the somehow crude looking GAZ-60 and ZiS-22 halftracks, both based on civilian wheeled trucks.
ZiS-5V with an improved halftrack suspension and called it ZiS-42, according to the year of production start. With a stronger 76 hp engine and a frontal brushguard protection, the vehicle received the »M« suffix for »modified«.
Of both types, almost 6,000 were produced until 1945, with one prototype, the armoured ZIS-43, even carrying the domestic 37mm 61-K AT gun.
Underpowered and with a tremendous fuel consumption, the ZiS-42(M) wasn't the definite solution for the notorious bad road conditions, but instead it was a valuable stopgap until the arrival of the Lend-Lease all-wheel-drive trucks.
ZIS-42 : openable cargo sides, narrow panels on wooden cab, no brushguard
ZIS-42 with early wooden cab and cargo body,
no brushguard and directional tread front tires
no brushguard and directional tread front tires
ZIS-42M with late wooden cab and cargo body,
brushguard and non-directional front tires
brushguard and non-directional front tires
Prime Mover
Towing a limbered 122mm M-30 howitzer thru Zagreb (Agram) in spring 1945
Hauling a 37mm 61-K AA gun over treelogs, Western Dvina July 1944
Hauling a 85mm 52-K AA gun near Baranowici, July 1944
AA Self-propelled Gun (SPG)
37mm AA Gun 61-k Model 1939 installed (caution : no known photos [yet])
In Winter Service
Note wooden standard sledge attached to front wheels on snow and soft ground
Early ZIS-42 lined at the frosty "Zavod Imeni Stalin", Moscow
Hauling the M-30 while passing a disabled T-60
Note wooden standard sledge attached to front wheels on snow and soft ground
Pontoon Service
Taking a ride on a N2P-32 pontoon ferry
Unconventional transport of a BMK-70 boat
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Last Updated: September 13, 2015
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Last Updated: September 13, 2015