Dear friends!
We remind You that at the Military Festival "Battle Field" You can see the VERY RARE exhibits of the project "Trophy machine" http://trofmash.ru/.
Full list of cars participating in the festival, remains a mystery, while we represent several exhibits.
1) MERCEDES L1500A
Years of production: 1941-1943, produced 4,900 units of the Automobile to name language does not turn. With a ground clearance of more than 50 cm and a body more than 80 cm from the ground, his head in the passenger turns out to be 2 metres above the road. You sit in it like in the tower, watching down upon in General for all other road users. The largest passenger Mercedes in WWII with the wheel formula 4x4. Great-grandfather of the current GL-Ki.
2) VW 166 SCHWIMMWAGEN
Produced 1941-1944, 15,584 produced piece Created with the participation of Ferdinand Porsche, the Volkswagen Type 166 (Swimage) is recognized as the most massive amphibious world war II – over 4 years produced more than 15 thousand units, of which 1,308 units at the Porsche factory in Stuttgart. German floating four-wheel drive all terrain vehicle for military use was created for the Wehrmacht and SS troops. On water Swimways driven propeller (when driving on land it developed), as well as rotating the wheels of both axes. Smooth, high ground clearance and four-wheel drive provided excellent amphibious off-off-road. For a successful landfall, the engineers developed a front-wheel drivetrain (typical Schwimmwagen and Volkswagen Beetle — had a rear wheel drive), working together with a reduction gear.
The car was so successful that it gained popularity in the postwar period, mostly in agriculture. His ancestor, Ferdinand Porsche who was the leader of his own brainchild – was on the hunt.
3) HORCH 901
The years 1937-1943, produced more than 27,000 PCs . Production of Horch 901 began at the factory "Horch" company "Auto Union" in the German city of Zwickau. The basic units were taken from the Executive class sedan with Horch 930V the main difference is the torque transmitted to all four wheels, transforming the car into a powerful SUV. Basic technical solutions for all-wheel drive vehicle such as: differential lock, independent suspension – accompanied with original designs, as the supporting wheels fixed on the sides of the housing, the spare tire could rotate freely, allowing you to overcome the most difficult areas of the frame without contact with the ground.
Variation with thrust wheels were produced in the early period of the vehicle's life from 1937 to 1940 in an amount of about 12 thousand copies on these machines, the commanders of the Third Reich moved to Moscow where forces of the red Army destroyed the myth of invincibility of Germany. Then the body was streamlined, expanded, support wheels have sunk into oblivion, appeared a Type 40, the last of which rolled off the Assembly line in 1943.
Other rare and fascinating cars You can see on EOF the "Battlefield" in the framework of the exhibition "AVTOSTANTSIYA".
