International exhibition of historical military vehicles
MOTORS OF WAR

A grandiose International exhibition of historical military vehicles Motors of War will be accommodated in Crocus Expo territory March 18 through 20, 2016! One of the halls of the fairgrounds will host for three days unique exhibits: "motorized participants" of one of the most dramatic events in the history of mankind – World War II.

Tanks, all-terrain vehicles, armored troop-carriers, motorcycles, trucks, tank tow trucks and military antiques – more than 100 vehicles produced in the USSR, Germany, the USA, England, France, Canada, Italy and Japan will be presented to the audience. Each exhibit has undergone the most difficult restoration and is authentic to the smallest details.

The exposition of the project presents military-technical museum which is collected from public and private collections. All vehicles on the go and participate in the rally War Motors that doing exercise on the quality of the exhibits the most representative gathering of the world.

The exhibition incorporating articles from various collections, state and private museums, which are mostly inaccessible to wide general public, will be arranged aiming to present the mobile capacity of World War II and the Great Patriotic War.

All-terrain vehicles such as the Soviet period R1 prototype and the first serial all-terrain vehicle GAZ-64, GAZ-61 command car, Phänomen Granit 1500A Kfz.70 personnel car, Kurogane Type 95 reconnaissance car will be presented to the audience.

The GAZ-64 was a 4x4 vehicle made by GAZ (Gorky Automobile Plant), a cooperation between Ford and the Soviet Union, succeeding the earlier GAZ-61 which was totally reconstructed in a very short period under the leadership of Vitaliy Grachev and was named GAZ-64.

The Phanomen-Werke Gustav Hiller AG in Zittau was well-known for their robust light commercial vehicles with air-cooled, in-line engines. In 1940 they introduced a modernized range of models, in both 4x2 and 4x4 (1500S and 1500A) versions. The majority of these were acquired by the German Army, primarily with cargo and box-van (Koffer) configurations. The Phanomen-Granit 1500A series vehicles featured a four-speed gearbox, dry-plate clutch, two-speed transfer box with front axle disconnect, hydraulic brakes and rigid axles with semi-elliptical leaf springs. Most of the Phanomen-Granit 1500A personnel carriers went to the German Afrika Korps where the air-cooled engine was well-received by the maintenance troops.

The Type 95 Kurogane (Black Metal) reconnaissance car was a Japanese scout car used during the war with China and World War II in the East. Between 1937 and 1945 approximately 4,800 were built. It was the only completely Japanese designed reconnaissance car ever used by the Japanese Army, which tended to use civilian cars. The Type 95 could accommodate only 3 persons - two in the front and one in the back. The two-cylinder air-cooled petrol engine was an advantage in cold climates encountered in China and it had 4-wheel drive. It was unarmed and unarmoured.

The Garnison-A centre of military and historical reconstructions has initiated and organized an interactive exhibition of legendary armor of Victory. Specialists of the Centre will run courses on disassemble and assemble of weapons and will tell about its application during the years of World War II.

Each visitor will have an opportunity to be absorbed into soldier's everyday life: to disassemble and assemble a rifle, to watch life in a fortification encampment, field hospital and points of radio communication. A special exposition presenting authentic campgrounds and military machinery of World War I will be arranged within the frames of the project.

A gallery of World War II photos, many of which are from archives of marshals of the Soviet Union will be displayed for the connoisseurs of history.

Various performances of musical teams presenting military patriotic compositions, competitions of a soldier's song and chastushka, dances and many other things will be held during all working days of the exhibition.

Exhibition opening hours:
March 18 from 12:00 p.m. to 06:00 p.m.
March 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m.
March 20 from 10:00 a.m. to 04:00 p.m.

Venue: Crocus Expo IEC, Pavilion 1, hall 1
65-66 km of MKAD (Moscow City Motor Ring), Myakinino metro station

Contacts: info@warmotors.ru

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