Jelcz

Company type	Spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością
Industry	automotive, defence
Founded	28 March 1952 (2014 Jelcz Sp. z o.o.)
Headquarters	Jelcz-Laskowice, Poland
Key people	Władysław Czubak CEO
Products	trucks
Number of employees	600 (2021)
Website	www.jelcz.com.pl

Jelcz (pronounced like Yelch after the town of the same name) is a Polish brand of trucks, military vehicles, buses and trolleybuses produced by Zakłady Samochodowe Jelcz/Jelczańskie Zakłady Samochodowe, with both names roughly translating as Automotive Works of Jelcz.^{[citation needed]}

Currently,^[when?] the company operates as Jelcz with a focus on manufacturing offroad military trucks.

History

In 1952, a decision was made to use a former German armaments factory in Jelcz-Laskowice near Wrocław for production in western Poland. A company called Zakłady Budowy Nadwozi Samochodowych (Automobile Chassis Works) was established. After the reconstruction of the factory, the company started to develop and build car bodies for Lublin and Star trucks. The company built buses such as the Jelcz PR110D.

In 1974, the Polish expedition to Lhotse used a Jelcz 316 car to travel from Warsaw to Nepal. In 1975, the expedition of the Wrocław Mountain Club to Broad Peak Central used a Jelcz 315-M car to travel from Wrocław to Islamabad, driving up to 9,000 km between 2–21 May.

Since 2004, Jelcz Sp. z o.o. has concentrated on producing military trucks, mainly for Polish Armed Forces (for example, the WR-40 Langusta platform).

Since 2012, the sole owner of Jelcz sp. z o.o. is Huta Stalowa Wola, which is a part of Polish Armaments Group.

In the midst of the Russo-Ukrainian war, the Jelcz 8x8 chassis was selected by the Polish government to transport the Chunmoo-2A missile launcher.^[1]

Gallery

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  Jelcz 043 and Jelcz P01
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  Jelcz 315
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  Jelcz 325
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  Jelcz
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  Jelcz 120ME
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  Jelcz T120-2
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  Jelcz S442.D28
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  Jelcz P662 "Jaśmin"
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  Jelcz P882.D53
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  WR-40 Langusta on Jelcz P662.D35
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  Jelcz P442.28 "Bartek"
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  Jelcz P662.D43
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  Jelcz P662.D35
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  Jelcz C642.D43

See also

• Jelcz M11
• Jelcz PR110
• Jelcz M125M

References

• Jelcz of KMKM Warszawa
• History of JZS

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jelcz vehicles.

• Jelcz Sp. z OO website (Polish)
• Jelcz en. website (English)