No.304531
1) The VZS aerial vehicles were produced in two series. The first series was passed in early 1916. In January-five cars, in February — seven. The second series was to arrive in the winter season of 1916-1917. In total, the release plan included 25 aerial sleds.
VZS sleds were made in three -, four-and five-seat versions. The last aerosani were conceived as sanitary, and the first two types — as connected. The body of the sled was made of ash beams, and the outside was covered with plywood. Steering - the steering wheel of the automobile type. The aerosani did not have any depreciation. Aerosani were equipped with two types of propellers: two-bladed for everyday use and four-bladed (slightly smaller diameter) for driving on forest roads.
After the October Revolution, during the Civil War, several aerial sleds, built in the Automobile Department of the VZS, were used by the Red Army. Aerosani were also in service with the interventionists; in the Far East — with the Japanese, in the North - with the British. Kolchak army in Siberia also used aerial sleds.
2) At the beginning of 1920, the construction of a series of "Be-Ka" aerial sleds, designed by Brilling and Kuzin, began. Some of these vehicles went to the front and participated in the fighting, three sledges were used in the liquidation of the Kronstadt mutiny. Armed with machine guns, they were in the ranks of the attackers during the assault on the fortress, supported the advancing Red Army units with fire, and diverted the fire of the fortress batteries.