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

Source

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

Issue of special vehicles to GAU of the Red Army

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 19 Issue of special vehicles to GAU of the Red Army until 9. May 1945.

Name of military branches	Gasoline tank truck	PZS-4	Repair workshops type "A"	Repair workshops type "B"	Total special machines
Automotive	994	125	224	61	1404
Tank	481	246	27	4	758
Artillery	219	178	58	18	468
Mortar	36	5	-	-	41
RA Air Force	123	2	10	-	135
RA Main military sanitary department	2	-	1	-	3
RA Fuel Supply Department	4	4	4	-	12
Main Road Administration of the RA	55	-	-	-	55
Air defense units	6	4	-	-	10
Long range aviation	51	-	-	-	51
Airborne Troops	18	1	1	-	20
Cavalry	25	11	13	3	52
Military districts	11	24	10	1	46
Fronts and armies	149	426	172	28	775
Foreign formations	177	67	84	14	342
NarkomVoyenMorFlot	2	-	-	-	2
People'sCommissariat of Internal Affairs	7	2	20	-	29
General Staff of the Red Army	6	-	4	-	10
Engineering units	6	-	4	-	10
Military educational institutions	3	3	2	-	8
AKHU NPO	3	1	-	-	4
Miscellaneous parts and institutions	37	4	9	-	50
Civil organizations	5	-	-	-	5
Total	2420	1098	643	129	4290

Source

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

Source

Arrival of special vehicles from industry

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 18. Arrival of special vehicles from industry during the war (pcs.)

Vehicle type	1943			1944
	Delivery plan	Delivered	% completion of the plan	Delivery plan	Delivered	% completion of the plan
Tanker trucks on ZIS-5 chassis and gasoline tanks on a 2-axis trailers	1220	1187	95.7%	1285	1109	87.0%
Mobile workshops type "A"	305	265	87.0%	390	311	80.0%
Mobile workshops type "B"	110	46	41.8%	98	83	85.0%
Mobile charging stations (PZS-4)	600	456	76.0%	565	549	98.0%
Total special vehicles	2235	1954	87.4%	2338	2052	67.6%

Vehicle type	1945 (until May 9)			Total
	Delivery plan	Delivered	% completion of the plan	Delivery plan	Delivered	% completion of the plan
Tanker trucks on ZIS-5 chassis and gasoline tanks on a 2-axis trailers	336	297	89.0%	2841	2593	91.3%
Mobile workshops type "A"	100	114	114.0%	795	690	86.8%
Mobile workshops type "B"	15	15	100.0%	223	144	64.6%
Mobile charging stations (PZS-4)	127	148	112.6%	1292	1148	89.0%
Total special vehicles	578	569	98.4%	5151	4575	88.8%

Source

Supply of domestic vehicles to the People's Commissariat

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 17. Supply of domestic vehicles to the People's Commissariat of Defense during the war (thousand units)

	1941 (from June 22 to January 1, 1942)	1942	1943	1944	1945 (from 1.01 to 9.05)	All war years
Car production	46.1	32.3	47.9	57.4	21.3	205.0
NKO supply	37.3	25.0	40.6	36.7	10.8	150.4
Percentage of issue	80.9%	77.4%	84.7%	64.0%	50.7%	73.3%

Source

Production of cars during the war years

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 16. Production of cars during the war years (thousand units, according to car factories)

Factory	1941 (from June 22 to January 1, 1942)	1942	1943	1944	1945 (from January 1 to May 9, 1945)	All the years of the war	Average monthly output during the war years
GAZ	26.8	23.6	21.3	23.2	7.4	102.3	2.2
ZIS	19.3	6.8	22.5	31.0	11.6	91.2	2.0
Ulyanovsk branch of ZIS	-	1.9	4.1	0.4	-	6.4	0.1
Ural ZIS	-	-	-	2.8	2.3	5.1	0.1
Total	46.1	32.3	47.9	57.4	21.3	205.0	4.4

Source

Pre-war production of cars by GAZ and ZIS plants

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 14. Pre-war production of cars by GAZ and ZIS plants (thousand units)

Period	Released
	Total	on average per month
for 1937	200.0	16.6
for 1938	212.2	17.6
for 1939	186.8	15.6
for 1940	124.4	10.4
from 1.01 to 22.06. 1941	73.2	12.2

Table 15. Delivery of cars to the People's Commissariat of Defense by the GAZ andZIS plants from January 1 to June 22, 1941 (thousand units)

Factory	Issue from 01.01 to 06.22.1941	Rented to NPO	%of receipt of NCOs from the issue
ZIS	30.7	17.9	58%
GAZ	42.5	16.4	38%
Total	73.2	34.3	47%

Source

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

Source

Losses of vehicles in the Red Army

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 11. Losses of vehicles in the Red Army during the period of hostilities from 22.06.1941 to 1.05.1945 (thousand units)

Availability on 22.06.1941	272.6
Received
from industry and import	444.7
from folk households for mobilization	268.6
Captured from the enemy	60.6
Issued to the national economy from the army	30.3
Must be in the army	1016.2
Availability as of May 1, 1945	664.4
Total loss	351.8
of them:
combat losses (including vehicles left with the enemy)	274.0
loss due to wear and tear	77.8

Table12. Losses of vehicles in the Red Army by years (thousand units - excluding captured vehicles)

years	Availability at the beginning of the year	Received per year		Issued to the national economy for the year	Should be by the end of the year	Actual availability by the end of the year	Losses per year
		new cars	from the national economy
1941 (from 22.06to 31.12)	272.6	37.3	166.2	-	476.1	317.1	159.0
1942	317.1	59.9	90.0	-	467.0	400.8	66.2
1943	400.8	107.7	12.4	2.8	545.1	481.1	67.6
1944	481.1	162.0	-	24.3	618.8	586.2	32.6
1945 (from 1.01to 9.05)	586.2	47.6	-	3.2	636.8	693.8	27.5
Total from06/22/1941 to 05/09/1945	272.6	444.7	268.6	30.3	95.6	633.8	351.6

Source

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

Dynamics of the technical condition of the Red Army vehicle fleet

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 9. Dynamics of the technical condition of the Red Army vehicle fleet during the war years (in percent)

years	Vehicles in order	Broken vehicles	Including:
			require medium repair	require a major repair
On June 22, 1941	88.7%	11.3%	8.7%	2.6%
On January 1,1942	82.0%	18.0%	12.1%	5.9%
On January 1,1943	81.2%	18.8%	11.4%	7.4%
On January 1,1944	77.8%	22.2%	14.7%	7.5%
On January 1,1945	86.8%	13.2%	7.7%	5.5%
On May 1, 1945	85.2%	14.8%	9.7%	5.1%

Source

Increase in the carrying capacity of the Red Army truck fleet

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 8. Increase in the carrying capacity of the Red Army truck fleet during the war years (thousand units)

Truck fleet tonnage	By 22.06. 1941	By 1.01. 1942	By 1.01. 1943	By 1.01. 1944	By 1.01. 1945	By 1.05. 1945	Percentage increase during the war years
3 ton machines	90.7	89.1	102.2	154.3	216.9	229.4	253.0%
% to the freight fleet	44.5%	37.5%	38.0%	42.5%	47.4%	47.7%	-
1.5 ton machines	113.2	148.7	192.0	207.1	232.5	241.9	222.5%
% to the freight fleet	55.5%	62.5%	62.0%	57.5%	51.1%	50.0%	-
3 /4 ton machines	-	-	-	0.2	7.5	9.7	-
% to the freight fleet	-	-	-	-	1.5%	2.3%	-
Total truck fleet	203.9	237.8	294.2	361.6	456.9	481	237.8%

Source

Increase in the vehicle fleet of the Red Army during the war years by types

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 7. Increase in the vehicle fleet of the Red Army during the war years by types of vehicles (thousand units)

Machine types	At 22.06.1941	At 1.01.1942	At 1.01.1943	At 1.01.1944	At 1.01.1945	At 1.05.1945	% increase during the war years
Cars	14.8	17.9	29.1	38.5	45.5	58.7	364.2
including cross-country ability	-	-	2.2	9.5	18.8	19.4
Freight	203.9	237.8	294.2	361.6	456.9	481.0	237.8
including tractors	-	-	4.9	43.7	117.7	129.3
Buses and Pickup	7.3	7.9	13.4	10.6	11.0	10.2	140.0
Special	46.6	54.9	67.8	85.3	107.8	119.5	256.4
Total fleet	272.6	318.5	404.5	496.0	621.2	664.4

Source

Increase in the vehicle fleet of the Red Army

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

28.09.1945

Table 6. Increase in the vehicle fleet of the Red Army during the war years (thousand units)

	Domestic		Imported		Trophy		Total
	Availability	% of the total fleet	Availability	% of the total fleet	Availability	% of the total fleet
By June 22, 1941	272.6	100.0	-	-	-	-	272.6
By January 1, 1942	317.1	99.6	-	-	1.4	0.4	318.5
By January 1, 1943	378.8	93.7	22.0	5.4	3.7	0.9	404.5
By January 1, 1944	387.0	77.9	94.1	19.0	14.9	3.1	496.0
By January 1, 1945	395.2	63.6	191.3	30.4	34.7	6.0	621.2
By May 1, 1945	385.7	58.1	218.1	32.8	60.6	9.1	664.4

Source

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

Distribution of vehicles by districts

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

Table 2. Distribution of vehicles by districts at the beginning of the war

28.09.1945

Border districts (Western, Kiev, Leningrad, Baltic, Odessa)	Internal districts (Moscow, Orlovsky, Kharkov, North Caucasian, Transcaucasian, Volga, Arkhangelsk, Central Asian, Ural, Siberian)	Trans-Baikal District, Far East Front
Number of cars	149.3 thousand pieces	59.7 thousand pieces	63.6 thousand pieces
% of the total fleet	54.6%	21.9%	23.5%

Source

Vehicle fleet of the national economy

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

Table 3. Vehicle fleet of the national economy on January 1, 1941 

28.09.1945

Total cars	of them:
	cargo and special	cars
807 thousand pieces	704 thousand pieces	103 thousand pieces

Source

Vehicle fleet of the Red Army at the beginning of the war

REPORT OF THE SUPPLY DEPARTMENT OF GAVTU RA

Table 1. Vehicle fleet of the Red Army at the beginning of the war (in thousand units)

28.09.1945

Total	Freight and special	Including				Cars	Including
		GAS	ZIS	YaG	Other		M-1	ZIS 101	Other
272.6	257.8	151.1	104.2	1.6	0.9	14.8	10.5	0.6	3.7

Source

Report about the food supplied to Berlin 10.05 - 1.08.1945

REFERENCE

For the period from 10th of May till the 1st of August 1945 the following foods were transferred to supply the inhabitants of city Berlin:

1	Flours	58.771,2 tn
2	Grains	11.015,9 tn
3	Meat	8.199,6 tn
4	Fats	2.116,2 tn
5	Potatoes	97.589,6 tn
6	Salt	3.527,2 tn
7	Sugar	5.221,3 tn
8	Tea	161,6 tn
9	Natural Coffee	382,6 tn
10	Surrogate Coffee	804,7 tn

Com. of the military commendant of Berlin city
of food supplies office Guards Colonel Kalinichenko.

Head of the food supplies office
Major Kuvshinov

13 August 1945