ZiS 5

ZiS 5 in Ernst Thälmann - Sohn seiner Klasse, Movie, 1954

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin:

00:35:28 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Gamer ◊ 2024-07-01 17:06	Zis 5, surprising to see in East Germany. Either one captured by the Wehrmacht or from Soviet troops entering Berlin.
Janek ◊ 2024-07-01 18:21	Gamer wrote Zis 5, surprising to see in East Germany. Either one captured by the Wehrmacht or from Soviet troops entering Berlin. Or simply post-WWII delivered from the USSR to the GDR.
Gamer ◊ 2024-07-01 18:50	That's just it - it's easy to say it wouldn't be out of place because it's Soviet, but the ZiS 5 was not sold in East Germany.
Janek ◊ 2024-07-01 19:33	Gamer wrote That's just it - it's easy to say it wouldn't be out of place because it's Soviet, but the ZiS 5 was not sold in East Germany. Obviously not "sold", but simply delivered (maybe via the Soviet Army units) to some state enterprises or formations like the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (the precedessor of the Nationale Volksarmee).
Ingo ◊ 2024-09-25 01:33	Janek wrote Obviously not "sold", but simply delivered (maybe via the Soviet Army units) to some state enterprises or formations like the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (the precedessor of the Nationale Volksarmee). They had not that old ZILs there
Gamer ◊ 2024-09-25 16:18	^Worth to mention that the Moskvitch 400 was exported to the West, but not exported to COMECON countries. Only the 402 would be available in satellite states.