Re: ZIS 110

Posted by Peter Hartmann On 2008/8/10 21:43:29

Very interesting, John - thank you for your informative "post". Hopefully, I will see that book someday.

I dont know all that much about Russian manufacturing. The article you refer to is only partially correct.

ZIS was "Stalin's Pet", so obviously, anything is possible given his well known brutal temper. Given the chaos and urgency of the war years, who knows what source, talking to people many years AFTER the war, looking at documents from communist sources....got ANYTHING right about Stalin's nutty priorities..anything is possible.

The article you refer to, if correct as to ZIS auto production being moved, would account for the lack of battle damage !

Does the article go into any detail as to which manufacturing plants stayed in "European" Russia & thus near combat? Some did. Not all were re-located out of harms way.

For example, there were points in time where Soviet tanks & armored trucks came out of final assembly, gassed up and armed while still on the factory grounds, and driven directly into combat a few miles away from their respective factories.

One thing for sure - thanks to yours and other contributor's posts, this nonsence about a ZIS having ANYTHING to do with Packard, other than the obvious copying of SOME design features, is pretty well put to bed ! Thanks, John !