C7P (an abbreviation of Ciągnik Siedmiotonowy Polski, "7-tonnes Polish Tractor") was a Polish tracked artillery tractor, used by the Polish Army before and during World War II. The tractor was developed by the design bureau of Witold Jakusz of the PZInż company between 1931 and 1934.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- C7P artillery tractor
- Weapon.image
- File:Ciężkie moździerze 220 mm wz. 32 (1-W-1529-7).jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- The C7P artillery tractor towing the barrel for a wz. 32 heavy mortar.
- Weapon.origin
- Poland
- Weapon.type
- Artillery tractor
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.service
- 1934 - 1939 (Poland)
- Weapon.used_by
- Poland, Nazi Germany, Soviet Union
- Weapon.designer
- Witold Jakusz
- Weapon.design_date
- 1931 - 1934
- Weapon.manufacturer
- PZInż
- Weapon.production_date
- 1934 - 1939
- Weapon.number
- 151
- Weapon.crew
- 6-7
- Weapon.engine
- PZInż. 235 diesel
- Weapon.suspension
- leaf spring bogie
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C7P (an abbreviation of Ciągnik Siedmiotonowy Polski, "7-tonnes Polish Tractor") was a Polish tracked artillery tractor, used by the Polish Army before and during World War II. The tractor was developed by the design bureau of Witold Jakusz of the PZInż company between 1931 and 1934.
In 1931 Poland bought several dozens of British Vickers E tanks and a license to build additional tanks at home. The Polish Army also considered purchase of the Vickers Medium Dragon artillery tractor, based on the Vickers E, but the purchase never happened. As the British tank was considered not suited for service in the Polish climate and needed adaptation, it was decided that a similar Polish tank be built as a modification of the Vickers design. The tank, initially code-named VAU-33, in time became the 7TP. Simultaneously, work started on a new artillery tractor for the Polish Army that was to replace the Citroën-Kegresse tractors built in France in the early 1920s. The main advantage of the new model of artillery tractor, dubbed C6P, C6T and finally C7TP was to be its low price, ease of manufacture and durability. For that purpose, the C7P shared many parts with the 7TP light tank, produced simultaneously. In fact the chassis was almost a direct copy of the tank, while the superstructure was partially borrowed from a license-built Saurer bus.