Delivered by the tens of thousands under Lend-Lease, the rugged six-wheel-drive Studebaker US6 became the standard prime mover for Katyusha rocket launchers and did more than any single vehicle to motorise the Red Army's supply lines, which had relied heavily on horses through 1941-42. Soviet troops affectionately nicknamed it 'Studer'.
Studebaker US (US-6?) World War II military truck (mostly used by the USSR), at Łańcut, Poland.Pibwl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · sourceFor documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Berlin, Henryk Gorovits neben russischem LKW Berlin.- HenryUnknownUnknown · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · sourcePhotographed at the Marshallmuseum - Liberty Park - Oorlogsmuseum Overloon, The Netherlands. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAlfvanBeem · CC0 · source
