The Soviet Union was included in the Lend-Lease program in 1941 after Great Britain and China. Perhaps the support from overseas did not turn out to be a decisive trump card, but it certainly made it possible to reduce war for several years, and at the same time save the lives of hundreds of thousands of Soviet citizens, both at the front and in the rear. One of the most important articles of Lend-Lease was cars and trucks. However, after the war, they almost instantly disappeared somewhere, what happened to them?
At the time of the outbreak of World War II, the Soviet Union was a country that had at its disposal perhaps the largest number of trucks in the world. However, not all of them were suitable specifically for the army's needs in terms of carrying capacity alone. Therefore, within the framework of Lend-Lease, trucks were also requested from the allies. They accounted for about 4/5 of all delivered cars. Contrary to popular stereotype, they were used not only at the front. American vehicles were used both in the rear and in the national economy. Although there their percentage was noticeably lower.
Curiously, by the time the Second World War ended, there were almost no American trucks left in the USSR. Under the terms of Lend-Lease, there was no need to return the equipment. What happened to her? In fact, the answer to this question is quite simple and is found in the surviving documents, NKVD summaries and other reports from the front. In addition to the most obvious reason - the loss of trucks during the fighting, there was another one: violation of operating rules. True, it is worth noting once that the Soviet drivers "mocked" the unfortunate American trucks were by no means out of a good life. During the war, people worked for wear and tear, let alone cars.
Very often trucks were overloaded during the war. This also applied to domestic cars. So, instead of 2.5 permissible tons of cargo, they could load 4-5 tons onto some "Studebaker" and add a trailer for a couple of tons even before the pile. Very often, trucks had to pull artillery pieces, which were also too heavy for them. All this led to the fact that the cars broke down ahead of schedule. Since there were "some problems" with Lend-Lease spare parts, the American trucks were repaired according to the principle: we disassemble the most "killed" one for parts in order to save those that still drive somehow. All this, coupled with combat losses, led to a gradual reduction in the number of imported trucks. As a result, very few of them remained by the end of the war.
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