Raupenschlepper
Ost/01 – /03
Raupenschlepper
Ost (German:
"Caterpillar Tractor East", more commonly abbreviated to RSO)
was a fully tracked,
lightweight vehicle used by the Wehrmacht in World
War II.
The
original version (RSO/01)
had a pressed-steel cab with a truck-like configuration similar to the
wheeled trucks. The next two versions – RSO/02 and RSO/03 –
had a simpler, soft-top, slab-sided metal cab. All models had wooden,
drop-side cargo beds typical of light trucks of the era. It was originally
powered by a Steyr 3.5L V8 petrol engine, which in the RSO/03 was replaced
by the Deutz air-cooled diesel engine. Approximately 23,000 RSO
of all versions were produced.
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