Tatra 813 - historie, takticko-technická data, modifikace – Frýba Jiří (2018)

The only comprehensive publication on the development, production, and individual versions of the Tatra 813 vehicle is primarily based on archival documents from the Military Central Archive/Military Historical Archive in Prague. The introduction familiarizes readers with the means used for towing artillery and very heavy loads after World War II. The main part of the book contains information about the development of the Tatra 813 tractor, the production of prototypes and their testing, as well as the construction of towing devices required by military units. In the most extensive chapter, divided into several parts, you will find tactical-technical data for individual applications of the vehicle, supplemented with drawings and photographs of various parts of the vehicle. The basic type of Tatra 813 8 × 8 (Kolos), from which the entire unified series derives, is described in the most detail. For other versions, including civilian ones, primarily construction changes are mentioned. The appendices include not only descriptions of the towing devices of the tractor and the use of T 930 series engines in various means of transport but also color photographs of T 813 vehicles and their successor T 815.