Frontal illustration No. 2 2007. Light armoured by the Red Army of pre-war construction

Long-term design and construction of light armoured vehicles in the USSR was hampered by the absence of the required chassis. The cars of different countries and types in the country did not fit, all of which were severely worn and the spare parts were catastrophic. There was no car industry in the Soviet Union. Indeed, in 1926, in the design office of the General Directorate of Military Industry, a schematic project of a armoured armoured vehicle was developed for chassis 1, 5-ton AMO-F-15 truck, which was found to be unsuccessful. The situation has changed dramatically since the agreement reached on 31 May 1929 between the Government of the USSR and Henry Ford, according to which the latter was to begin supplying 72,000 sets to the Soviet Union for the collection of Ford A light machines and Ford AA trucks. In addition, Ford Motor Company was funded Construction in Low Novgorod A modern automobile for 100,000 cars per year, as well as technical assistance for nine years. The illustrated issue is devoted to the light armoured vehicles released prior to the Second World War. In your release, you will find historical backgrounds on the establishment of armored vehicles and their arming.