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Soviet Artillery Tractor Ya-12 Early

  • Model: MA35052
  • 0 Units in Stock
  • Manufactured by: MiniArt

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Miniart 1/35 Soviet Artillery Tractor Ya-12 Early

YA-12 – light artillery tractor, which were developed by NATI designers and launched at the Yaroslavskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod YaAZ – Yaroslav Automobile Plant. 

 

Firstly was developed YA-11 tractor but Gorkovskiy Avtomobilniy Zavod GAZ – Gorky Automobile Plant could not produced the required quantity of engines for the YA-11 and production had to be stopped. 

 

In 1943 Soviet Union had received large quantities of the U.S. made GMC-4-71 4-cylinder 2-stroke 110hp engine under 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 till the end of 1943 were produced 285 tractors, till the end of war - 1666. In 1945 Red Army had in the inventory 1270 YA-12 tractors.

 

YA-12 tractors were used for tugging of such guns as 100-mm field guns BS-3, 122-mm corps guns A-19, 122-mm howitzers M-30, 152-mm howitzers ML-20 and 203-mm heavy howitzers B-4.

 

YA-12 artillery tractors were in service of Soviet Army and Czechoslovak Army till the middle of 50’s years.

 

          • Highly detailed model
          • All New Tooling. 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


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