"Council of People's Commissars of the USSR
October 1945
Moscow, Kremlin
The Council of People's Commissars decrees that:
October 1945
Moscow, Kremlin
The Council of People's Commissars decrees that:
- The Caterpillar model D-7 tractor is approved for production at the Kirov factory in Chelyabinsk under the index Stalinets-80 (S-80).
- The Kirov factory is forbidden from making changes to the S-80 design, aside from changes necessary to begin production, and changes approved by the People's Commissar of Tank Production.
- The production quota for the S-80 at the Kirov factory in Chelyabinsk is 10,000 units per year by 1949.
- The People's Commissar of Tank Production (comrade Malyshev) and Central Planning must present the Council with a production plan and measures to aid in production of the Stalinets-80 (S-80) in 1946.
Chair of the Council of People's Commissars, I. Stalin
Affairs Manager of the Council of Commissars, Ya. Chadayev
Comparative characteristics of tracked diesel tractors D-7 and S-65
Tractor type | D-7 | S-65 | |
Nominal hp | Total power | 92 | 82 |
Useful power | 80 | 65 | |
Drag hp | Total power | 73 | 65 |
Useful power | 61 | 50 | |
RPM | 1000 | 850 | |
Gears | Forward | 5 | 3 |
Reverse | 4 | 1 | |
Speed (kph) | Slow gear | 2.25 | - |
1st gear | 3.54 | 3.6 | |
2nd gear | 5.15 | 4.85 | |
3rd gear | 7.4 | 6.95 | |
Fast gear | 9.7 | - | |
Towing force, kg | |||
At nominal power | Slow gear | 9690 | - |
1st gear | 6100 | 5100 | |
2nd gear | 4100 | 3500 | |
3rd gear | 2700 | 2100 | |
Fast gear | 2060 | - | |
At drag power | Slow gear | 7600 | - |
1st gear | 4800 | 4000 | |
2nd gear | 3200 | 2800 | |
3rd gear | 2100 | 1800 | |
Fast gear | 1600 | - | |
Fuel consumption, g/hp-hour | 210 | 220 | |
Mass (kg) | Tractor | 11,000 | 11,200 |
Engine | 2000 | 2000 | |
Ground pressure (kg/cm2) | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
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