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3 unusual facts about Malaxa


Komsomolets armored tractor

In the spring and summer of 1943, Romania refurbished 34 captured T-20 armored tractors, officially known as "Șenileta Ford rusesc de captură" (captured Soviet Ford small armoured vehicle) at Rogifer Factory (formerly known as Malaxa).

Malaxa

Malaxa, Crete, a village in the Chania regional unit on Crete, Greece

Malaxa Mountain, a landform at Malaxa on the island of Crete, Greece


I.O.R.

Originally created by Malaxa-Carp, Optique De Le Vollois, and Bernard-Turnne, I.O.R. continued production under Soviet domination yet maintained links to famous Western European firms such as Carl Zeiss and Leica.


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