The ZIS-5 was a 4x2 Soviet truck produced by MoscowZIS factory from October 1933 on. ZIS-5 became an excellent vehicle, the engine could work even with the worst fuel, and the car mechanisms were simple, durable and insensible on brutal service. The car could cope with Russian unbitten trucks. ZIS was produced in different versions including ambulances, tanks, cranes and lots of different vehicles. During World War II the simplified version of ZIS was produced and named ZIS-5V. The ZIS-5 was the fundamental vehicle of the Red Army.