Kharkov tractor plant

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Харківський тракторний завод
Charkiwskyj traktornyj zavod

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legal form PAO
founding 1931
Seat Kharkiv , Ukraine
Branch mechanical engineering
Website www.xtz.ua

The Kharkov Tractor Plant ( Ukrainian Харківський тракторний завод , transcription: Charkiwskyj traktornyj zavod , Russian Харьковский тракторный завод , short or ХТЗ CHTS) is one of the largest tractor and construction equipment manufacturers in the Ukraine , based in Kharkiv .

history

SChTS-15/30 from Kharkov, the first model of the plant
SChTS-NATI in Schwerin
Military traction device AT-L
T-150K in Germany

The company was established at the beginning of the 1930s as a tractor factory on the instructions of the Chairman of the Supreme Economic Council , Grigori Konstantinowitsch Ordzhonikidze . The construction of the plant began, then about 15 kilometers outside of Kharkiv, in January 1930. At that time the company was still called Югтракторостроя (Yugtrakorostroja). The first tractor left the factory on October 1, 1931. It was a SChTS-15/30 , a 30 hp tractor that was also being built in the Stalingrad tractor factory at the same time .

In 1937, the factory began manufacturing the SChTS-NATI chain tractor , which had also previously been manufactured in Stalingrad. In November 1941 the tractor factory had to be evacuated before the approaching German troops. At the new location in the Altai Mountains on the border with Kazakhstan , the Altaiski Traktorny Sawod was built , which is still in production today. The production of the SChTS-NATI was also continued at the new location.

After the German troops left the area, production was rebuilt in Kharkiv. The DT-54 chain tractor rolled off the production line in 1949 and was built almost a million times in various factories by 1979. By 1954, 100,000 of the machines were built in Kharkiv. From 1950 the ChTS-7 wheel tractor also rolled off the production line.

Heavy military chain trucks were also built after the war . From 1953 ChTS developed the AT-L traction device , which was also used in the East German NVA . Series production began in 1955. In 1958 the company began exporting various machines, including to China and Bulgaria. Production of the DT-20 began at the same time . In 1962 the production of the more powerful T-74 chain tractor begins , in 1966 the T-25 , which is still built in the Vladimirsky Traktorny Sawod , is produced for several years . In 1967 the one millionth tugboat in the company's history was manufactured.

In 1973 the production of the well-known T-150K begins , which was also imported into the GDR and is still being built today in a modified form. Two million tractors had been built by 1982. In 1983, the T-150, a version of the T-150K with a crawler track, was also offered. In 1989 the production of mini tractors with eight to 12 HP output begins.

Today ChTS manufactures wheel tractors with outputs from 35 to 210 HP as well as two different chain tractors. Engines from the Jaroslawski Motorny Sawod are also used, including the eight-cylinder JaMZ-238 diesel engine . In addition, a whole range of special machines based on these tractors is offered, including sweepers , snow blowers , construction machinery and snow plows .

Products

Today, as in the past, the plant manufactures wheel and chain tractors, as well as military equipment. The following list is not complete and is only intended to provide an overview of the most important models.

  • SChTS-15/30 - The plant's first wheel tractor, built from 1931.
  • SChTS-NATI - first chain tractor, built from 1937.
  • ChTS-16 - Armored and armed chain tractor for use in World War II.
  • DT-54 - Chain tractor built from 1949 with 54 HP output, almost one million units were produced in 30 years.
  • ChTS-7 - wheel tractor introduced in 1950.
  • AT-L - Military tractor with crawler chassis, developed and built in series from the mid-1950s.
  • DT-14 - Wheel tractor built from 1955, successor to the ChTS-7.
  • DT-20 - Wheel tractor built from 1958, successor to the DT-14, also imported into the GDR.
  • T-74 - chain tractor, built from 1962.
  • T-25 - wheel tractor, built since 1966, manufactured today by other manufacturers.
  • T-150K - best known product, presented in 1972, until today in different and modernized versions in the product range. The current T-150K is officially called ChTS-150K-09-25. The T-150K was alsoimportedmany times into the GDR from 1977 onwards.
  • T-150 - Version of the T-150K with crawlers.

In addition to wheel and chain tractors, construction machinery, forest machines and armored vehicles are also built.

  • ChTS-16 from World War II

  • DT-54 in a museum

  • Chain tractor T-150 manufactured by ChTS

  • DT-20 , the successor to the DT-14

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e History of the plant on the manufacturer's website (Russian)
  2. ↑ Website of the Altaiski Traktorny Sawods (Russian)
  3. ↑ DT-54 website (Russian)
  4. ↑ Chain tractors of the manufacturer (Russian)
  5. ↑ The manufacturer's wheel tractors (Russian)
  6. ↑ Special vehicles of the manufacturer (Russian)
  7. ↑ Horst Hintersdorf: Type compass tractors and agricultural machines. GDR imports from the Comecon countries. 2006, p. 26 f.

literature

  • Horst Hintersdorf: Type compass tractors and agricultural machines. GDR imports from the Comecon countries. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-613-02646-5 .

Web links

Commons : Kharkov Tractor Plant  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikibooks: Charkow Tractor Plant  - Learning and teaching materials

Coordinates: 49 ° 57 ′ 39 ″  N , 36 ° 22 ′ 50 ″  E