The Friedrich Krupp plant in Essen was established in the early 19th century. They were a leading company in the metallurgical industry from the mid-century until World War I, becoming one of the main producers of armaments, especially artillery and ammunition. The provisions of the Treaty of Versailles forced a complete change in the production profile. From then on, the main products of Fried. Krupp AG were locomotives, agricultural machinery, engines and vehicles. In the 1930s, the company introduced several modern trucks and buses mounted on their chassis. One of them was the Krupp LD 2.5 H chassis, presented at the Berlin Motor Show in 1936, on the basis of which trucks with a load capacity of 2.5 tons and buses were built. This rather complicated system of vehicle markings from Essen can be deciphered as follows: L – truck chassis, D – diesel engine, 2.5 – load capacity, H – light frame. The presented bus was manufactured in 1938.
Update 20/08/2018 – the Krupp has received a new livery and now wears the colours of a public-transport company from the Free City of Gdańsk.
Technical specifications:
Vehicle type: city bus
Number of seats: 26 (including driver)
Length: 8.7 m
Width: 2.05 m
Height: 2.75 m
Wheelbase: 5 m
Curb weight: 4780 kg
Permissible total weight: 7280 kg
Drive: diesel engine with a displacement of 4.05 liters and a power of 55 HP
