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Latil KTL
The Latil KTL is an all-wheel drive tractor produced by the French manufacturer Latil. It was used as a commercial as well as a military tractor. History The Latil KTL tractor was introduced in 1929. In October of that year, it was presented in the United Kingdom and, by early 1931, it was being imported into the country. By 1932, it started to be assembled locally under licence by the British company Shelvoke and Drewry with some minor modifications. From 1932 onwards, the KTL was tested by the French military as a replacement for the earlier Latil TL tractor for towing the canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider, 105 L 13 canon, as the previous tractor was considered too slow. In 1934, The military finally commissioned the K TL4, a KTL with extended wheelbase, which was still slow for that usage. About 163 were built. In 1934, another KTL-based vehicle with extended wheelbase, the G TL3 prototype, was tested as a hauler for the Canon de 75 CA modèle 1940 Schneider, 75 CA anti-aircr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latil
Automobiles Industriels Latil, commonly known as Latil, was a French manufacturer of commercial and military vehicles created to manage the assets of the defunct Compagnie Française d'Mecánique et d'Automobiles, to market Georges Latil's , an early front-wheel drive system. The company was established in 1909 by entrepreneur Charles Blum as Charles Blum & Cie. It started to use in the 1910s as a trading name. The company started to produce military vehicles by the 1910s and commercial ones in great numbers by the end of World War I. In 1928, the company adopted its trading name as its legal name. It was dissolved in 1955 after being merged into the Saviem group. History Early years and predecessors In 1898, Georges Latil and Aloïs Korn established an enterprise in Marseille ( Korn et Latil) to market a Latil invention, the , a kit to convert carriages into front-wheel drive vehicles. In 1901, Latil and Korn moved its operations to Levallois-Perret and created the to sell i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
