Vehicle and engine plants
| Vehicle and Motor Works GmbH (FAMO) | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Company with limited liability |
| founding | 1935 |
| resolution | 1945 |
| Seat | Breslau , German Empire |
| Branch | Motor vehicle manufacturers , tractor manufacturers , defense industry |
As a vehicle and Motoren-Werke GmbH (FAMO) which was road vehicle -production of Junkers -Konzerns in Wroclaw called. In 1935 he had taken over the sector from the Linke-Hofmann-Busch-Werken (LHB). The company existed in this form from 1935 to 1945. Parts of the plant were relocated to Schönebeck (Elbe) in 1945 ; this later resulted in the Schönebeck tractor factory .
Concentration camp prisoners from the Groß-Rosen concentration camp were also deployed in the satellite camp (Camp 1 FAMO-Werke). Egon von Eickstedt was deployed in the administration of the FAMO works, which was important to the war effort.
In addition to the production of tractors and crawler tractors of various sizes and capacities, there was also a small amount of truck production.
The name is best known through the FAMO towing vehicle or tractor used by the Wehrmacht . This is a heavy half-track vehicle for a trailer load of over 18 t , which is officially a heavy tractor 18 t (see Zgkw. 18 t) or Sd.Kfz. 9 (special vehicle 9) and was the largest and most powerful half-track vehicle ever built.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.tenhumbergreinhard.de/05aaff9bed0fa4003/05aaff9bfd087bc23/05aaff9bd106da803.html
- ↑ Detlev Franz: The political context of the investigation of Silesia. In: Arbeitskreis Universitätsgeschichte 1945–1965 (Ed.): Elements of a different university history. Mainz 1991.