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Grosstraktor (Großtraktor) | |
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Type | Medium tank |
Place of origin | Weimar Republic |
Service history | |
In service | 1935 |
Used by | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Production history | |
Designed | 1926-1928 |
Manufacturer | Rheinmetall, Krupp, Daimler |
Produced | 1928 |
No. built | 6 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 16 tonnes (18 short tons) (Daimler-Benz, Rheinmetall) 16.4 tonnes (18.1 short tons) (Krupp) |
Length | 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in) (Daimler-Benz) 6.42 m (21 ft 1 in) (Krupp) 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in) (Rheinmetall) |
Width | 2.78 m (9 ft 1 in) (Daimler-Benz) 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in) (Krupp) 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) (Rheinmetall) |
Height | 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in) (Daimler-Benz) 2.47 m (8 ft 1 in) (Krupp) 2.51 m (8 ft 3 in) (Rheinmetall) |
Crew | 6 |
Armor | 6-14 mm mild steel |
Main armament | 75 mm KwK |
Secondary armament | 3× 7.92 mm MG (coaxial, hull and sub-turret) |
Engine | 290 hp BMW Va |
Transmission | ZF SSG 280 |
Suspension | coil-spring suspension (Krupp) leaf springs suspension (Daimler-Benz) hydraulic (Rheinmetall) |
Fuel capacity | 400 liters (Daimler-Benz) 370 liters (Krupp) 480 liters (Rheinmetall) |
Operational range | 150 km (93 mi) on-road |
Maximum speed | maximum: 40 km/h (25 mph) (Daimler-Benz, Rheinmetall) maximum: 44 km/h (27 mph) (Krupp) sustained: 25 km/h (16 mph) |
Grosstraktor (German: "large tractor") was the codename given to six prototype medium tanks built (two each) by Rheinmetall-Borsig, Krupp, and Daimler-Benz, for the Weimar Republic, in violation of the Treaty of Versailles. Constructed in secret, they were tested by Reichswehr units at the Kama tank school in the Soviet Union. They were used for training and retired as monuments after the Nazi party came to power.[1]