Hello and welcome to another Battlegroup: Frontlines update. Today we have two things to show you; the first is the cockpit of our Messerschmitt Bf-109E4 which has been modelled by Badscull and skinned by Postman778 and second is the Russian Gaz-67 jeep which is modelled by Koricus and skinned by Koricus and Websky.
Besides the pictures we also prepared a panorama sight and two videos:
Download link #1: Click here for a panoramic view!
Download link #2: (Thanks to Planetbattlefield.com for hosting) Click here for a panoramic view!
Youtube video 1
Youtube video 2
Gaz-67:
The Gaz-67 was the Russian equivalent of the American Willy’s jeep whose development started in 1938 with the Gaz-61. GAZ stands for Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (Gorky Automobile Factory) which is where the vehicles where produced. The Gaz-64 was the next model off the production line and was based on the American prototype jeeps (Willy’s MA, Ford GP and Bantam BRC-40) with power provided by a 3.8 litre, four cylinder engine producing 54hp/2800rpm for a top speed of 56mph (90km/h) and could carry 4 passengers (including a driver). The Gaz-64 went from theory to having a working prototype in 50 days without any blueprints and only having newspaper photographs and reviews of the Bantam BRC-60 sent back by Russian military personnel in the States. Before an official jeep for the Red Army was decided a competition was run between the GAZ and a vehicle from the NATI Research Institute, the NATI AR. Despite the NATI AR being a more modern looking vehicle the GAZ was chosen by Josef Stalin to be the jeep of the Red Army. With this in September 1943 the Gaz-67 entered production with several improvements over the original Gaz-64 and remained in production until the autumn of 1952 with 92,843 vehicles produced.
Specifications (Gaz-64/67):
Type: 4x4, 4-seater phaeton
Length: 3350 mm
Wheelbase: 2100 mm
Width: 1685 mm
Height: 1700 mm
Weight: 1320 kg
Engine: 4 cylinder 4-stroke, 3.28 L
Bore/Stroke: 98.43/107.95 mm
Horsepower: 54 hp/2800 rpm
Transmission: 4 speed
Transfer case: 2 speed
Fuel type: Gasoline (Petrol)
Fuel tank capacity: 70 L
Fuel consumption: 15.0 L/100 km
Speed: 90 km/h
Tires: 7.00-16 inches
Ground Clearance: 210 mm
Crew: 1 driver + 3 men
Produced: 1941-1953
Number Produced: 93,527
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cool like an total red orchestra style thing! awesome keep it up