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===1939–1956 World War II and beyond===
{{Main|Tatra 111}}
[[File:Vojenská Tatra.jpg|thumb|6x6 Tatra 111 (1942)]]
Following the [[Nazi]] occupation of Czechoslovakia the production at Kopřivnice was annexed by the Germans for the supply of trucks needed by the [[Wehrmacht]]. Apart from the existing line up of T27, T92/92 a new heavy truck, the '''T81''', commenced production featuring liquid-cooled 12.5 L V8 diesel engine with a power output of {{convert|118|kW|PS hp|0|abbr=on}}, in 6×4 axle configuration. This vehicle evolved in 1942 into the '''T111''' which continued in production until 1962, with the total of 33,690 units made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tatraportal.sk/?ukaz=popisky/t111_en&lang=en |title=Tatra 111 specifications. Retrieved 2008-11-29 |publisher=Tatraportal.sk |access-date=2010-09-16}}</ref> The T111 also featured Tatra's first air-cooled diesel engine, a massive V12 originally designed for the armoured [[Sd.Kfz. 234]] Puma. In the latter stages of World War II Tatra was instrumental in the development of air-cooled diesel engines for German tanks. In late 1944 General [[Heinz Guderian]] ordered that production of the Type 38(t) [[Hetzer]] tank be modified to incorporate a Tatra Type 928 V-8 air-cooled diesel engine, though this order was delayed so production could continue uninterrupted. After the war the T111 contributed heavily to the rebuilding effort in [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]] and a memorial was built at [[Magadan]], [[Siberia]], for its exploits in the [[Far Eastern Federal District|Far East]] of the [[USSR]].<ref>[http://www.tatratech.wz.cz/historie/t111.htm Tatratech.wz.cz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718192209/http://www.tatratech.wz.cz/historie/t111.htm |date=2011-07-18  }} Tatra 111 history, {{in lang|cs}} Retrieved 2008-11-29</ref>