Imperial Russia: Motorization

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Motor Vehicle Manufactors


Russo-Balt: (sometimes Russobalt or Russo-Baltique) was the first Russian company that produced cars between 1909 and 1923.
Initially the cars were built at the railway car factory (RBVZ) in Dvinsk, Latvia. A second factory was opened in Saint Petersburg, where they built armoured cars on chassis produced in Dvinsk. In 1916, another factory was built in Moscow(BTAZ). Russo-Balt produces both trucks and cars, often more or less copies of cars from the German Rex-Simplex or Belgian Fondu.








These half-track vehicles were designed by the Russian engineer Adolph Kegresse. Adolph Kegresse was the chief of the Russian Tsar's garages. He has designed a whole series of military vehicles for his adoped home.










Image from rigaxx.narod.ru

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Specialized Motor Vehicles

Heavy Armored Truck with Kegress Track System



RussoBalt-T armored car with 76.2mm/L30 AA Gun



1920 Motorcycle and Sidecar combination with Vickers Machine Gun
      Used by Cavalry and Recon troops.

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Origins of Russian Military Motorization