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UpdatedMay 22, 2006
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PARM-1 Field Repair Works Vehicle

PARM-1 Field Repair Works Vehicle, Kryukov plant production. Mod. 1938. Based on ZIS-6 elongated chassis.

Interior: in the foreground at the left one can see "RA" acetylene generator, charging switchboard is placed above it. From the right we can see vice bench with small screw-cutting lathe, vice and support with electrical drill.

Above driver's seat we can see (from left to right): light switches, ventilating louvre, thermometer, plant's nameboard and first-aid set. All windows could be covered by black-out curtains [1]
PARM-1 Field Repair Works Vehicle

PARM-1 Field Repair Works Vehicle, Kryukov plant production. Mod. 1938. Based on ZIS-6 elongated chassis.

On blueprints chassis position was shown aflat and earth - inclined. On flat surface center of back wheel had access over center of frontal wheel. [1]

 

Right view is equal to left view

 

  1. Water gutter;
  2. Packing box;
  3. Hatch of appliance receptacle (left side only);
  4. Gabarit mark;
  5. Joint of canvas roof panels (overlap ~30mm);
  6. Transparent grating in footboard for clearing shoes;
  7. Ventilating louver;
  8. Number plate mounting;
  9. Splash apron;
  10. Lug for access to towing gear

 

Colors:

  • Green (4-BO)
  • Sandy-earthy (7K)
  • Dark brown (6K)
PARM-1 (Type B) field repair works vehiclePARM-1 (Type B) field repair works vehicle

PARM-1 (Type "B") field repair works vehicle [1]

Upper image:

  1. Hinge for broadside hinge-plate;
  2. Covering canvas flap;
  3. Transparent box under platform;
  4. Gibbet tubes in stowed position (packed along chassis longeron);
  5. Box for materials;
  6. Folding ladder.

 

Lower image:

 

  1. Lathe-threader SM-162;
  2. Anvil;
  3. Vice bench;
  4. Electical drill support;
  5. Vice;
  6. Box for welding device (under vice bench);
  7. Acetylene generaltor "RA";
  8. Charging-switchboard;
  9. AL-6/2 power device;
  10. 40 litre oxygen cylinder;
  11. Forge chimney with mechanical drive (on some PARMs);
  12. Box for blacksmith's instruments;
  13. Spade (fixed on the box for blacksmith's instruments);
  14. Sledge-hammer (fixed on the box for blacksmith's instruments);
  15. Electric motor of lathe gear.
GAZ-MM Field Repair Workshop type "A" mod. 1941 based on GAZ-MM chassis. Horn has no bell, middle beam on bumper is absent [2]
PARM type A Field Repair Workshop type "A" mod. 1943 based on GAZ-MM chassis [3]
T-34-76 is being repaired by a field repair shop. The tank belongs to the 36th Gds. Tank Brigade/4th Gds. Mechcorps/Byelorussian Front. June 1944 [6]NEW
Field Repair Workshop type "B" mounted on ZIS-5 chassis [5]NEW

upLend-lease based
PARM

Ford G8T mounted field workshop. 27th Army, Hungary, 1944 [4]

Rem. AMVAS: I cited original caption of this photo. Liucijus Suslavicius provided corrected variant: Captured two axle GMC vehicle (Belgium production) used by the Soviet Army.
PARM Mobile workshop of Canadian origin mounted on Chevrolet G7101 chassis. One of field repair centers Eastern Prussia, spring 1945 [4]
PARM Canadian-built mobile repair workshop complex (6 vehicles) deployed for personnel training. German, 1945. [4]
PARM

159th Rifle Division/5th Army commander - Major-General Kalinin N.V.
On foreground- captured Japanese tractor.

On background emergency repairs team based on GMC chassis [4]

Rem. AMVAS: I cited original caption of this photo for GMC-based vehicle. Liucijus Suslavicius provided corrected variant: Chevrolet G7107 based vehicle.

Literature
  1. M-Hobby, 2/1996
  2. M-Hobby, 7/1997
  3. M-Hobby, 9/1997
  4. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchanskiy, "Tanki Lend-Liza", Exprint, 2000
  5. M. Kolomiets, M. Makarov, Prelyudia k Barbarosse", Frontline Illustration/Frontovaya Illyustratsia, 4/2001
  6. M. Kolomiets, I. Moshchansky, "Kamuflazh Tankov Krasnoy Armii, 1930-1945", Armada-Vertical, No. 5, Exprint, 1999.
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