[1] In August 1914, a 23-year-old Russian aircraft designer Aleksandr Porokhovschikov (Rus: Александр Пороховщиков), based in Riga (now in Latvia), offered to build a vehicle with cross-country capability.

The machine was propelled by a 10 hp (7.5 kW) petrol engine driving through the rear drum.

In cross-country trials the Vezdekhod was reported to be capable of a speed of 40 Verst per hour (42.6 km/h (26.5 mph)) with simulated armor weight but proved impossible to steer using the wheels provided for that purpose and the project was therefore rejected, the Military Technical Department forbidding further work on it after December 1915.

4563: "It appears that Vezdekhod is a sound and practical idea; it can achieve a speed of 25 Verst/hour (26.67 km/h (16.57 mph)).

In all, Vezdekhod crosses terrain and obstacles impassable to conventional motor vehicles."