Description
GAZ-A in German Service
In the late 1920s, the Soviet Union’s leadership decided to acquire a modern automobile factory abroad, along with licenses for the production of trucks and passenger cars. In May 1929, a contract was signed between a Soviet government commission and the Ford Motor Company to license the production of Ford A passenger cars and Ford AA trucks.
By February 1930, assembly of Ford A vehicles had begun at an automotive plant in Moscow using kits imported from the United States. Three years later, a new factory was launched in Nizhny Novgorod, where these vehicles were produced under license.
Despite being poorly suited to local environmental conditions — the chosen model was the Ford A Standard Phaeton with a soft top — the vehicle was produced on a large scale for six years and became quite widespread. Some were used by units of the Red Army, and later, during World War II, a number of them were captured and put into service by the Wehrmacht.
- Item number: 24053
- Scale: 1:24
- Date: 18.08.2025
- Time period: WW2
- Model size (length x height) : 160 x 75 mm
- Box size : 295 x 225 x 40 mm
- Number of details: 201
