08-14-2012, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by WallShadow
What, no Studebaker trucks? Studebakers were beloved by the Russians due to Lend-Lease, and many became or were copied into becoming Katyushas. If you look really closely at many late 40's/early 50's utility vehicles, you can see the Yankee-made bloodline running close to the surface--the UAZ was a quick knock-off of the Willys Jeep, the BRDM-1 was a beefed-up clone of the GPA "SEEP" amphibious Jeep (unloved by the Allies, adored by the Soviets), many of the Deuce-and-a-Halfski trucks look like Studebakers, and the 4-wheeled M3 White Scout car, many of which made the Lend-Lease route, evolved into a 6-wheeled Soviet armored transport--BTR-152, Let's not forgetthe the Soviet Bear bomber was reverse-engineered from a B-29 that made a forced landing flying over Russian territory.
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The Studebaker-clones would be the GAZ-63. ZIL-151, Zil-131, Z-157 series, the Ural 375, KrAZ-214/255-series resemble 2.5-ton trucks ala the Vietnam War era.
source is the FM-100-2-3
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