ljadw wrote:No : till 1944 was the Soviet truck production bigger than what they received from LL .
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Total Soviet production of trucks in the second half of 1941 was 62,000, and then dropped precipitously to 35,000 in 1942, 49,200 in 1943, 60,600 in 1944, and 74,700 in 1945, for a wartime grand total of 281,500.
So Soviet production of trucks in the second half of 1941 was 62,000, while Lend-Lease shipments from the US were 8,300 (11.8% of the total). Granted that only 1,506 arrived prior to 1 January 1942, but Soviet production in 1942 was only 35,000, while Lend-Lease from the US was 79,000 (69.3% of the total). Soviet production in 1943 was 49,200, while Lend-Lease from the US was 144,400 (74.6% of the total). Soviet production for 1944 and 1945 combined was 135,300, while Lend-Lease from the US through August 1945 was 188,700 (58.2% of the total). By 1 May 1945 32.8% of the Soviet Army truck park consisted of Lend-Lease vehicles.
Thus, from June 1941 through December 1942 alone, Soviet domestic production was 97,000, while US Lend-Lease was 87,300 (47.4% of the total). I have a difficult time not seeing that as significant.
In terms of stocks, there were 272,600 motor vehicles available to the Soviet at the beginning of the war. They received 281,500 from domestic production (204,900 went the the Red Army) and 420,400 from the US, captured 115,300, while losing c. 159,000 and on 1 May 1945 had 664,400 on hand with the Red Army.