35052 ... YA12 Soviet artillery tractorMiniArt - [MA 35052]
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YA-12 – light
artillery tractor, which were developed by NATI designers and launched
at the
Yaroslavskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod YaAZ – Yaroslav Automobile
Plant.
Firstly was
developed YA-11 tractor but Gorkovskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod GAZ
– Gorky
Automobile Plant
could not produced the required quantity of engines for the YA-11 and
production had to be stopped.
In 1943 Soviet
Union had received large quantities of the U.S.
made GMC-4-71 4-cylinder
2-stroke 110hp engine under Lend Lease Contract. The availability of
these
engines allowed for a renewed production of YA-11 design under the new
designation YA-12.
The serial
production of YA-12 started in August of 1943 and till the end of 1943
were
produced 285 tractors, till the end of war - 1666. In
1945 Red Army had
in the inventory 1270 YA-12 tractors.
YA-12 tractors were
used for tugging of such guns as 100-mm field guns BS-3, 122-mm corps
guns
A-19, 122-mm howitzers M-30, 152-mm howitzers ML-20 and 203-mm heavy
howitzers
B-4.
YA-12 artillery
tractors were in service of Soviet Army and Czechoslovak Army till the middle of 50’s years.
- Highly detailed model
- All New Tooling. Up-to-date technology using
sliding moulds.
- Fully-detailed engine compartment and chassis
- Workable tracks
- Workable chassis
- Authentic wooden texture
- 458 parts
- 37 PE parts
- Decals included
- Full-color instruction