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The Volgograd Tractor Plant (Russian: Волгоградский тракторный завод, Volgogradski traktorni zavod, or ВгТЗ, VgTZ), formerly the Dzerzhinskiy Tractor Factory or the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, is a heavy equipment factory located in Volgograd, Russia.
The Stalingrad Tractor Factory named for Dzerzhinsky in southern Russia was among the first major factories established by the Soviet Union when it began to modernize the country in the 1920s. The design of the plant was done by American architect Albert Kahn.
La Planta de Tractores de Volgogrado (en ruso: Волгоградский тракторный завод, Volgogradski traktorni zavod, o ВгТЗ, VgTZ) anteriormente denominada como fábrica de tractores de Dzerzhinskiy o planta de tractores de Stalingrado, es una fábrica de equipos pesados situada en Volgogrado, Rusia.
This factory was scene of heavy fighting in October 1942 during the battle of Stalingrad. The Stalingrad Tractor Factory (its original name) still produced T-34 tanks during the battle and damaged tanks and other heavy military equipment were brought to this factory for reparation. An assault by the 24.
The Stalingrad Tractor Factory continued to turn out T-34 tanks up until German troops burst into the plant. The 369th (Croatian) Reinforced Infantry Regiment was the only non-German unit selected by the Wehrmacht to enter Stalingrad city during assault operations, with it fighting as part of the 100th Jäger Division .
In May 1929, the Soviet government signed a contract with Kahn’s firm to design and oversee construction for a single tractor factory in Stalingrad, one that would produce 40,000 tractors annually.
16 de abr. de 2020 · From Tractors to Tanks. By Words and pictures James Kinnear 16th April 2020. Features. The Stalingrad Tractor Plant was not originally built to produce tanks, but rather to assemble tractors for agricultural purposes. A destroyed SKhTZ-15-30 (Kharkov- built) tractor in the summer of 1941.
