CZK - THV-1250-1 (tankový haldový výkopník)

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THV-1250-1


I don't know how THV-1250-1 is the designation of this type of tank dump truck (I'll use this working title for now). I'm basing this on the lettering on the civilian purpose-built superstructure and a similar design on the platform of the English Cromwell referred to as THV-01.
As with the THV-01, this conversion to a civilian excavator used the decommissioned platforms of tanks used by the Czechoslovak army, specifically the T-34/85 tank. The original diesel power unit was probably removed from the machine and replaced with electric motors. Note the armour, which bears no traces of the exhaust pipe. The turret has been replaced by a purpose-built superstructure of a type as yet unknown to me. I deduce from the photographs that a winch was mounted on the rear hull armour, which either provided for the unwinding and winding of the electric wires supplying the electric motors with electrical power, or was a conventional winch to provide some form of vehicle movement in the event of a bog down (????). This is just my impression, I would welcome help in filling in the details.
This machine was supposed to have operated in one of the mining institutions in the Ostrava-Karviná region, according to my estimation, in about the 1960s-1970s, but probably also in a later period.



With permission to publish (c)Vlastík Bek

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