AMO-F-15

The AMO-F-15 was a light truck made at the AMO plant in Moscow, a replica of the Italian Fiat 15 Ter built under licence, and the first Soviet truck to be produced in a regular series. The factory first intended to build it soon after 1917, but war and revolution meant it only assembled bought-in Fiat components until independent series production began in 1924. Up to 1931 a total of 6,285 were built, with the peak of 3,227 in the penultimate year. The radiator and fenders were reshaped over the years, electric lighting arrived in 1928 and the steering wheel moved to the left in 1930. Besides the basic flatbed it was made as a fourteen-seat bus, a fire engine, an ambulance and an armoured car for the army, the BA-27, of which 215 were built. The AMO-2 and then the AMO-3 replaced it in 1931.