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Kommunar: early tracked tractor from the Kharkiv Locomotive Plant with a four-cylinder kerosene engine of 50 hp, a licensed Hanomag WD Z 50
Chpz stands for the Kharkiv Locomotive Plant, which from 1924 built one of the first series-produced Soviet farm tractors under the name Kommunar – a licensed version of the German Hanomag WD Z 50.
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The Kommunar is a tracked tractor with a four-cylinder kerosene engine of 50 hp. Power runs through a gearbox of 3 forward and 1 reverse ratio to the tracked undercarriage; depending on the gear selected, the machine reaches between 7.0 and 15.2 km/h. At a weight of 8,500 kg, it measures 5,150 mm in length, 2,060 mm in width and 2,460 mm in height.
A kerosene engine instead of a diesel unit and a tracked undercarriage mark the Kommunar as an early, sturdy field tractor for heavy drawbar work such as ploughing, needed in large numbers at the start of the mechanisation of Soviet agriculture; the comparatively low travel speeds were typical for tracked tractors of this period and for a style of work where pulling power in the field mattered above all else.
When buying one used – in practice today a matter for collectors or museums – the condition of the tracked undercarriage, including rollers and tracks, and the state of the kerosene engine, including carburettor and ignition, matter most. Spare parts for such an old design are practically unobtainable new, so reproductions or parts from comparable historic machines are the rule.
Sources: SpecCodex-Register: Kennwerte des Modells Kommunar
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