If you look at Soviet army vehicles, trucks, as well as off-road vehicles, you will notice one curious detail in their appearance. In the vast majority of these cars, the windshield is divided into two halves. It is quite obvious that nothing is done just like that in military vehicles. So it’s time to ask: why is this necessary?
First of all, it can be logically assumed that the technology for the production of windshields in the USSR during the beginning of the second half of the 20th century simply did not reach a sufficient level of development to make whole frontal. However, it is not. Firstly, a similar design solution was used in the heart of the global automotive industry - the United States. Take the legendary military SUV Willys MB. Secondly, already in the 1950s, the 21st Volga was produced in the USSR, which had a normal one-piece windshield. At the same time, in some 1980s, army vehicles and SUVs with split glass continued to be riveted in the USSR.
In fact, everything is quite simple. The forked windshield was made with one sole purpose, so that in the event of damage to people in the passenger compartment of a car or truck, as few fragments as possible fell asleep. In addition, if only one glass is broken as a result of the incident, then it will be much easier, and most importantly, cheaper to change. The latter is especially important for the army.
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You can also find a curious version that in the event of the loss of the left-driver's glass in some kind of incident, the right one could be put in its place. The idea is interesting, and perhaps it was so in some trucks and SUVs of the middle of the 20th century. However, in most cases, split right and left windows in older cars are not interchangeable. For example, in the same GAZ-69, it is impossible to swap the left and right windows with apparent sameness.
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Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/120222/62143/