Oldtimer picture gallery. Trucks. ZIS-6.
![57k photo of ZIS-6 BM-13 Katyusha](k/z/zis6kf.jpg)
![48k WW2 photo of Stalinec S-65 and ZiS-6 tank](k/z/s-65izis.jpg)
ZIS-6
Years of production: 1934 - 1941
6x4, 3-axle 2,5-ton (4-ton - highway)
ZIS-5 based truck
Overall production: ?, rare
Engine:
73hp/2300rpm, 6-cyl. SV, 5555cc, watercooled
Bore/Stroke: 101,6/114,3 mm
![124k photo of 1940 ZIS-6 PEL-30 lwb firetruck with German ladder](k/z/zis6pozi.jpg)
![23k WW2 photo of ZiS-6 BM-13 rocket launcher](k/z/zis6katj.jpg)
Length: 6060mm, width: 2235mm,
height: 2160mm
Wheelbase: 3360+1080mm,
Road clearance: ?mm
Transmission: 4x2 speed
Weight: 4230 kg
Maximal speed: 55 km/h
Tyres: 34x7 inches
![21k WW2 photo of ZiS-6 BM-8(?) rocket launcher](k/z/zis6stal.jpg)
![14k WW2 photo of ZiS-6 BM-13 rocket launcher](k/z/41zis6st.jpg)
Fuel consumption: 41,0 Ltr/100km
Very few survived.
One of them is pictured here 1940 long
wheel base fire ladder (the ladder is of
German origin, imported in 1940),
second one - legendary "Katyusha"
BM-13 rocket launcher (western name - "Stalins organ", "Stalinorgel"). Originally this system was based on standard ZIS-5 but
this experience wasn't successful. Later ZIS-6 and many other bases have been choosen. At last BM-13 was mounted only on
![55k WW2 photo of ZiS-6 cargo with field kitchen, made by 74 Panzer Grenadier Regiment](k/z/zis6lipa.jpg)
![41k WW2 photo of ZiS-6 cargo, made by 74 Panzer Grenadier Regiment](k/z/zis6lipz.jpg)
Studebaker-US6 (BM-13N).
Photos are from:
Liucijus Suslavičius
(Vilnius), automobile historian and author
of numerous publications;
"Za Rulyom" magazine, USSR;
Memoirs of Great Patriotic War veterans;
Archive of Veteran Council of Karjalan Front;
Igor Guzienko (Kiev);
![14k WW2 photo of ZiS-6 BM-13 rocket launcher, captured by Wehrmacht, in Znameskoje, USSR](k/z/zis6katk.jpg)
![28k photo of ZIS-6 fueller](k/z/zis6ac_a.jpg)
eBay Deutschland;
Denis Orlov, automobile historian and
journalist, Moscow.
Avtofoto 2005.
![56k photo of ZIS-6 truck chassis](k/z/zis6sf.jpg)
![46k photo of 1940 ZIS-6 PEL-30 lwb firetruck with German ladder](k/z/40z6mmzf.jpg)
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