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CanI ask you if this is a 1938 ZIS and if so what color should it be? everybody uses 4BO for SCW russian subjects but I think it should be 3B. Donīt you think so?
Sorry, I really cannot distinguish the production period, from 1934 till the introduction of the wartime simplified ZiS-5V they were externally the same.
I'm not much into those "correct colours" and with Soviet vehicles of 2WW period my rule is "any colour as far as it is green". Probably you're right, 4BO was fixed as basic colour in August 1939.
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There is a parade photo with sixteen paratroopers in the bed (4 x 4) and a fifth could easily fit in each row to make 20. Perhaps not that far-fetched.
KL
For troop transport 4 transverse removable benches were provided for the GS body. Judging from those parade pictures, it seems the standard was 4 seating soldiers in full gear on a bench. However, let's say 5 slim soldiers each. Still not 25
Just don't tell me the rest were in the cab
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FYI, the ZiS5 was an Soviet export-built version of the domestic Autocar SA Dispatch 3 ton truck. I just finished a conversion using the old Fort and Zveda kits and I'm very much looking forward to this one!
AMO-2 - license-built Autocar SA, i.e. assembled in the USSR of 100% imported parts;
AMO-3 - AMO-2 with some imported parts replaced by domestic production, some details simplified;
ZiS-5 - AMO-3 assembled of 100% domestic parts, further simplification, strenghtened construction to suite better the road conditions, some external changes (radiator shell logo stamping, front mudguards shape, etc.), uprated to 3 tons load capacity (against 2,5 tons of AMO-3)
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