SOVIET AMPHIBIOUS TRACTORS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500780278-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 278
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2006/10/19: CIA-RDP80-00809AO00500780278-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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1. New types of amphibious tractors have been under construction since
1 May 1953. at the military transport equipment base; which is attached to
the motor repair shops at Pskov. This establishment is officially known as
Pskovskir Avtonemontini Zavod. About 54,000 (sic) workmen are employed in this
base. The work done on the amphibious tractors consis try mainly in assembling
them and ni. ting them. The color used is a greenish brown. In addition to the
amphibious t:...ctors, a number of self propelled pontoons are turned out.
2. There are two models of the amphibious tractorn. One type has 75 hp. It is
marked "V". The other type has about 100 hp. It is marked
3. At the beginning of June 1953, about 350 tractors, including both "V" and "ml'
models, were ready for delivery. It is believed that still heavier models may
shortly oe expected. These tractors are to be used for digging canals, improving
rivers, and other work.
4. After assembly at Pskov. the amphibicu7 tractors are tried out on the Velikaya
River and Pskov Lake. Observations made during the trials Indicate good
performance. The tractors floated well and towed a number of iron barges,
loaded with ballast. Speed varied from eight to sixteen kilometers an hour.
After trial, the tractors were delivered in lots of twenty or thirty at a time.
They were shipped by rail to the Oblast of Kaliningrad (East Prussia), for use
by Soviet garrisons there. Some were also sent to Poland.