Miniart 1:35 - Soviet Ya-12 Artillery Tractor (Early)

This is a model of the YA-12 – light artillery tractor which was developed by NATI designers and launched at the Yaroslavskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod YaAZ – Yaroslav Automobile Plant.   It was first developed as the YA-11 tractor but Gorkovskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod GAZ – Gorky Automobile Plant could not produce the required quantity of engines for the YA-11 and production had to be stopped.   In 1943 the Soviet Union had received large quantities of the U.S. made GMC-4-71 4-cylinder 2-stroke 110hp engine unRead More...er Lend Lease Contract. The availability of these engines allowed for a renewed production of YA-11 design under the new designation YA-12. The serial production of YA-12 started in August of 1943 and continued until the end of the war producing 1666 vehicles. In 1945 the Red Army had 1270 YA-12 tractors in their inventory.   YA-12 tractors were used for pulling such guns as 100mm field gun BS-3, 122mm corps gun A-19, 122mm howitzers, 152mm howitzers ML-20 and 203mm heavy howitzers B-4. YA-12 artillery tractors were in service with the Soviet Army and Czechoslovak Army till the middle of 1950s.   Model features Highly detailed All New Tooling with up-to-date technology using sliding moulds Fully detailed engine compartment and chassis Workable tracks Workable chassis Authentic wooden texture 458 parts 37 PE parts Decals included Full-color instruction      Read Less