Soviet Experimental All-Terrain Vehicles

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In Soviet Union there were lots of engineering departments which developed and produced different goods. Among them was a group of laboratories designing and constructing different all-terrain vehicles for the army, Space Forces and scientific work. Now these vehicles rusting at specialized junk yards and some maybe exhibited in museums.
 
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ZIL-E167 was constructed in early 60′s and was meant for crossing northern hard-to-reach areas of the USSR. In the back part of the vehicle there were 2 engines. Fuel tank capacity – 900 liters, wheel diameter – 1,8 meters, clearance – 0,85 meters. The cabin and the wheel disks were made of glass reinforced plastic which materially lowered the total weight of the vehicle. ZIL-E167 was not ever batch-produced, probably because of the beginning of mass production of GT-T universal tracked cross-country vehicle.
 
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Here is ZIL-5901 (PEU-2). In 1965, the famous space-rocket engineer Korolyov commanded to design an ultra cross-country able prospecting-clearing amphibia, which could be transported by Mi-6 helicopters and AN-12 planes. In 1970 such an amphibian was constructed – in its vast glass-reinforced-plastic cabin there was enough space for the crew, cosmonauts, doctors, necessary equipment and a powerful crane device. The only disadvantage of the vehicle consisted in the fact, that it’s enormous weight and dimensions did not allow transporting it with help of the supposed aircraft carriers.
 
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ZIL-4972 – a three-axle vehicle with good cross-country ability. Actually, it’s not a Soviet sample, because it was constructed in 1995. The vehicle’s main advantage consists in the two pairs of controllable wheels – the front and the back ones. It also has a record bulk clearance – 580 mm, but it’s curb weight is a bit large- 9,56 tons.
 
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ZIL-4904 screw-propelled vehicle was designed in 1972 to cope with difficult snow and ice or mud and swamp areas. It’s the biggest screw-propelled vehicle in the world and has a useful load weight of 2,5 tons. Nonetheless the useful application for ZIL-4904 was not found and there were only a couple of them produced.
 
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ZIL-135K constructed in 1960 to replace its predecessor – ZIL-135E. The truck was supposed to carry huge missiles, such as FKR-5 cruise rocket. The cabin of the vehicle was partly made of glass reinforced plastic. By 1961 more than 300 135K’s were produced in Moscow, and 1962 the batch production was passed to the Bryansk motor works.

ZIL-135K at work.
 
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MAZ-543/MAZ-7310 “Uragan”(“Hurricane”) was first designed and developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant as an 8×8 artillery truck. It was powered by a 38.9 liter D12A-525 diesel engine producing around 525 horsepower, and it gives a maximum road speed of 37 mph. Here is a civilian modification of the truck – AA-60(7310) – an aerodrome fire-fighting vehicle.
 
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