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The root of FAMO goes back to the Wagenbauanstalt Gottfried Linke which was founded in Breslau in 1839. The successor company was shifted to a corporation in 1897. In 1912, the merger with the Waggonfabrik Gebr. Hofmann & Co. AG lead to the Linke-Hofmann-Werke AG Breslau (name as of 1917). After several further takeovers, the merger with the Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG vorm. Busch, Bautzen lead to the Linke-Hofmann-Busch Werke AG in 1928. In the course of the great depression, several on-site-contractions occurred. In 1934, the concern was divided into several companies. On 15th November 1935, the machine building branch of the Linke-Hofmann-Busch-Werke was taken over by Junkers. It was continued under the name Fahrzeug- und Motoren-Werke GmbH – in short FAMO. Wheeled- and crawler tractors were manufactured besides diesel engines. The manufacturing of a lorry was started, too. FAMO developed and manufactured the heavy 18 ton half-track vehicle (Sd. Kfz. 9) for the Wehrmacht.
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