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Star 66
The Star 66 is a general purpose 6x6 army truck designed in Poland by FSC Star in Starachowice. History In 1952, the State Commission for Economic Planning and the Main Board for Armament and War Technology Planning organized a competition for the development of technical documentation for a medium-duty off-road truck. According to the competition criteria, the projects had to use as many components of the Star 20 and Lublin 51 trucks as possible. The first results of the work were presented in June 1952 by the Automotive Industry Design Office from Warsaw and its Łódź branch. After the competition committee approved the presented projects, two prototypes of the two-axle Star 44 model and the three-axle Star 66 model were built in 1953. The design of the prototype Star 44 was mounted on a longitudinal welded frame made of pressed sheet metal. The running gear used a front and rear rigid drive axle suspended on semi-elliptical leaf springs. The rear drive axle was equipped wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FSC Star
Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych "Star" (FSC Star), also known simply as Star, was a Polish truck manufacturer. The name comes from the City of Starachowice, where the factory is located. Their first vehicle was the ''Star 20'' in 1948. The most popular product was the '' Star 266''. The 266 model offered very good quality and powerful engines for a low price. It was sold in various countries for many years (not only in the Eastern Bloc; for example it was used by the Yemen Army). For many years, FSC Star was a state-owned company. Star is now owned by MAN AG who retired the brand in January 2009. History The state-owned company Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych im. Feliksa Dzierżyńskiego was established in 1948 in place of a Lilpop, Rau i Loewenstein supplier, which had been there since 1920. In 1991, the company was transformed into Zakład Starachowicki STAR SA. In the mid-90s control of the company was taken over by Sobiesław Zasada Centrum S.A. It tried without suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. The territory has a varied landscape, diverse ecosystems, and a temperate climate. Poland is composed of Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 million people, and the List of European countries by area, fifth largest EU country by area, covering . The capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city is Warsaw; other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, and Gdańsk. Prehistory and protohistory of Poland, Prehistoric human activity on Polish soil dates to the Lower Paleolithic, with continuous settlement since the end of the Last Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star 660
The Star 660 is a Polish 6x6 truck designed for transport of cargo and personnel. Created by Starachowice-based FSC Star, it was the basic transport truck used by the Polish People's Army. It was replaced by the Star 266. History This model is a modernization of the Star 66 truck produced since 1958. As a result of the experience gathered and the army's comments on the operation of the 66 model, it was decided to modernize and better adapt this vehicle to perform the tasks it was assigned. Design work on the modernized model began in the early 1960s at the Automotive Industry Design Office in Warsaw and the FSC Star Design Office. The effects of the design offices' work were presented in 1962. Due to the lack of technical and financial capabilities of the Starachowice plant, it was decided to carry out the process of implementing new design solutions in two stages. Production of the modernized model, designated Star 660M1, began in 1965. The vehicle body was mounted on a welded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
