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Sunday, March 19, 2023

Assembly of imported cars at domestic factories

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 22. Assembly of imported cars at domestic factories during the war (thousands of units)


Factory name 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 (by 09.05) Total
Moscow Automobile Plant Stalin - 3.9 14.4 15.6 6.0 39.9
Gorkovsky Automobile Plant Molotov 0.3 12.8 13.9 14.8 1.9 43.7
Plant No. 79 (Kolomna) - 3.7 9.9 13.4 5.1 32.1
Minsk Automobile Assembly Plant - - - 0.1 3.3 3.4
Odessa Automobile Assembly Plant - - - - 0.5 0.5
Total 0.3 20.4 38.2 43.9 16.8 119.6

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Numbers of vehicles accepted throughout the war by the defense comissariat

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 20. Numbers of vehicles accepted throughout the war by the peoples defense comissariat from the peoples external trade comissariat


Points of receipt of cars 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 (by 9.05) Total
Through Northern ports 0.4 17.0 8.3 33.6 12.8 72.1
Through Iran - 10.1 58.9 92.6 19.4 181.0
Through the Far Eastern ports - 5.4 27.9 13.4 12.8 59.5
Total 0.4 32.5 95.1 139.6 45.0 312.6

Source

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Main types and brands of imported cars supplied

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 21. The main types and brands of imported cars that entered the Soviet Union during the war (thousands of units)


Types and brands of vehicles 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945(by 09.05) Total
Tractors
Studebaker - 3.8 34.8 56.7 19.2 114.5
GMC - 1.4 4.9 0.4 - 6.7
International - 0.9 1.8 0.1 0.3 3.1
Chevrolet - 2.7 13.1 25.1 6.8 47.7
Ford - English - 0.4 0.5 - 0.1 1.0
Dodge 3/4 t - - 4.3 10.7 4.6 19.6
Total - 9.2 59.4 93.0 31.0 192.6
%of total arrived - 28.2 62.5 66.2 70.3 62.0
Freight
Ford 6 - 7.6 18.6 29.0 5.8 61.0
Dodge 1.5 t - 8.0 1.5 0.1 - 9.6
Dodge 3t Canadian - - 1.4 0.3 - 1.7
Bedford - 1.1 - - - 1.1
Ford Marmont 0.2 0.3 - - - 0.5
Austin 0.2 0.3 - - - 0.5
Different brands - 0.1 - - - 0.1
Total 0.4 17.4 21.5 29.4 5.8 74.5
%of total income 100.0 53.5 22.6 20.9 13.3 23.8
Cars
Willis - 5.4 13.9 15.3 5.2 39.8
Bantam - 0.5 0.1 - - 0.6
Chevrolet - - - - 0.2 0.2
Total - 5.9 14.0 15.3 5.4 40.6
%of total arrival - 18.1 14.7 10.9 12.3 13.0
Special purpose vehicles
Dodge headquarters - - - 0.1 0.1 0.2
Ford amphibious - - - 1.9 0.3 2.2
GMC amphibious - - - - 0.3 0.3
Studebaker trawler - - - 0.6 0.2 0.8
MAC (diesel) - - - - 0.9 0.9
Workshops and other special machines - - 0.2 0.3 - 0.5
Total - - 0.2 2.9 1.8 4.9
%of total arrival - - 0.2 2.0 4.1 1.2
 
Grand total 0.4 32.5 95.1 140.6 44.0 312.6

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The loss of vehicles in the national economy

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 13. The loss of vehicles in the national economy for the period from 22.06.1941 to 1.04.1945 (thousand units)


In use at the beginning of the war 820.0
Received from the army  
new cars 32.3
from the army 40.2
Total 72.5
Received from industry and by import 75.1
Handed over to the army on mobilization 268.6
Should be in the national economy 699.0
Availability as of 1.04.1945 279.0
decline 420.0
of them:  
by natural wear and tear 35.0
left in the territory occupied by the enemy,
lost due to air raids,
abandoned during evacuation, etc.
385.0

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Equipment of the Red Army vehicle fleet by technical state

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 10 Equipment of the Red Army vehicle fleet by technical state during the war years (thousands of units)

  At1.08.1942 At1.01.1943 At1.01.1944 At1.01.1945 At1.05.1945
State 397.3 470.0 683.4 812.7 831.6
Availability 330.2 404.5 496.0 621.2 664.4
Incomplete 67.1 65.5 187.4 191.5 167.1
% staffing 83.0% 86.0% 72.5% 76.3% 80.0%

Source

Friday, March 17, 2023

Arrival of motor vehicles into the army

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 4. Arrival of motor vehicles into the army during the war years (thousand units)

years Domestic Imported Total
Arrived to the army average monthly arrived Arrived to the army average monthly arrived Arrived to the army average monthly receipt
1941 (from 22.06 to 31.12) 37.0 5.8 0.3 0.3 37.3 6.1
1942 29.0 2.4 30.9 2.3 59.9 4.7
1943 53.9 4.5 83.7 6.1 137.6 10.6
1944 33.2 2.8 128.8 10.7 162.0 13.5
1945 (from 1.01 to 9.05) 9.5 2.3 38.4 9.1 47.9 11.4
Total: 162.6 3.5 282.1 6.0 444.7 9.5
% of total income 36.6%   63.4%   100.0%  

Table 5. Arriving of vehicles into the army during the war years by type (thousand units)

  Cars Freight Tractors Total
Total including cross-country ability
Domestic 6.4 2.5 151.1 5.1 162.6
Imported 35.9 35.9 66.3 179.9 282.1
Total 42.3 38.4 217.4 185.0 444.7
% of the total number of cars 9.5% 8.6% 48.9% 41.6% 100.0%

Source

Operative department of reserve front. Army and division report about staff and equipment. 49th Army.

Started: 20 SEP 1941 Ended: 30 SEP 1941 33 pages REPORT About numerical and combat compositon of the 49th Army ...