Grosstraktor (German: "large tractor ") was the codename given to six prototype medium tanks built (two each) by Rheinmetall-Borsig , Krupp , and Daimler-Benz , for the Weimar Republic , in violation of the Treaty of Versailles . Constructed in secret, they were tested by Reichswehr units at the Kama tank school in the Soviet Union . They were used for training and retired as monuments after the Nazi party came to power.
11-483: After the first World War, Germany realized the value of tanks in warfare. In 1925, plans to design tanks for the Reichswehr were secretly initiated. The Grosstraktor was the first of the tank designs for the Reichswehr. The Grosstraktor began life when design specifications for a tank known as the "Armeewagen 20" were created in 1926. It was to be a 15 tonne tank armed with a 7.5 cm gun in a fully rotating turret and having
22-549: A length of 6 meters and a width of 2.4 meters. Contracts to design and build two chassis in soft steel were given to Daimler-Benz, Krupp, and Rheinmetall in March 1927. Krupp designed a turret for their own vehicle, while Rheinmetall designed a turret for both their own and Daimler-Benz's tanks. Construction of the six Grosstraktor was started at a Rheinmetall shop in Unterlüß in August 1928, and
33-672: A private company again in 1951, and another company, Artos, moved to Unterlüß, making machines for textile industry. In 1955, the British left and Rheinmetall began producing for the Bundeswehr . The 150th anniversary of Unterlüß was celebrated in 1997. In 2019, an activist group, SIGMAR 2, blocked Rheinmetall in Unterlüß in protest against the export of weapons to Turkey. Unterlüß houses the Albert König Museum [ de ] , dedicated to
44-410: A station Unterlüß was created, causing a settlement around it. In 1899, the company Rheinmetall (then Rheinische Metallwaren- und Maschinenfabrik Aktiengesellschaft) first installed a shooting range and then began manufacturing weapons. The settlement became a municipality in 1910. After World War I, Rheinmetall had to turn to civil production. They managed a model estate . Some labourers found work in
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66-534: The kieselgur industry. During the German re-armament , the production was expanded starting in 1934. Rheinmetall and Borsig [ de ] became nationalised as Rheinmetall-Borsig . Housing for workers was built in Hohenrieth, now also part of Südheide, in 1936. When World War II began, Polish forced labourers were used, and from 1941 also Soviet ones (and finally Jewish deportees). As allied forces approached,
77-401: The municipality of Südheide on 1 January 2015. It is about 30 km north-east of Celle and 25 km south-west of Uelzen . It is a station on the railway between Hanover and Hamburg . The name Lüß was documented in 1569 for a forest, which was probably the source for the name. In 1847, the railroad was built, eventually becoming part of the line between Hanover and Hamburg , and
88-465: The painter and graphic artist Albert König [ de ] , who left his work to the municipality. It is located in the artist's former residence. Unterlüß has a Lutheran church, which was built in 1923 and received the name Friedenskirche (Peace church) in 1974. A Baptist chapel, the Christuskirche [ de ] , opened in 1980. A Catholic church, St. Paulus [ de ] ,
99-463: The prisoners were forced to dig their own graves in mock execution. Once the SS guards fled, most of the prisoners (except a few who escaped) were forcibly removed back to Bergen Belsen by local civilians. After the war, Unterlüß was occupied by the British, who confiscated the partly damaged factories. The village housed c. 4,000 forced labourers and prisoners of war in around 20 barracks. Rheinmetall became
110-1109: Was built in 1926/27 and is now part of a larger parish in Celle-Vorwerk. Christuskirche S%C3%BCdheide Look for Christuskirche Südheide on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Christuskirche Südheide in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
121-532: Was completed by the end of June 1929. They were then shipped to a secret testing ground near Kazan, Russia for trials, arriving in July 1929. There, Mk 6/380/160 track links replaced the originals. Background: History of the tank , Tank classification , interwar period Unterl%C3%BC%C3%9F Unterlüß is a village and former municipality in the district of Celle in Lower Saxony , Germany. It became part of
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