Vezdekhod
Sign in to saveThe Vezdekhod () was the first true tank to be developed in the Russian Empire. The word Vezdekhod means "anywhere goer" and in modern Russian means "all-terrain vehicle". The initial project was indeed an ATV. It did not however progress further than a pre-production model, due to problems in the design. The second design, which can be described as tank was submitted to the military only after the news broke about Western tanks and the government started negotiating purchases of them in 1917.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Vezdekhod
- Weapon.image
- File:Vezdekhod Porokhovshikov.jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300px
- Weapon.type
- Prototype tank
- Weapon.origin
- Russian Empire
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- no
- Weapon.length
- 3.6 m
- Weapon.width
- 2 m
- Weapon.height
- 1.5 m
- Weapon.engine
- 2-cyl petrol
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The Vezdekhod () was the first true tank to be developed in the Russian Empire. The word Vezdekhod means "anywhere goer" and in modern Russian means "all-terrain vehicle". The initial project was indeed an ATV. It did not however progress further than a pre-production model, due to problems in the design. The second design, which can be described as tank was submitted to the military only after the news broke about Western tanks and the government started negotiating purchases of them in 1917.
==History== In August 1914, a 23-year-old Russian aircraft designer Aleksandr Porokhovschikov (Rus: Александр Пороховщиков), based in Riga (now in Latvia), offered to build a vehicle with cross-country capability. The working drawings and estimate were finished by January 1915, and on January 13 approval was given to proceed with construction.
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