ZIL-135: engineering refinements of Dr. Grachev

ZIL-135: engineering refinements of Dr. Grachev

The ZIL-135 rocket carrier, the brainchild of the Special Design Bureau, has become one of the most popular production cars of a real off-road vehicle guru - Vitaly Andreyevich Grachev ...
Airless Tires: A Promising Curiosity

Airless Tires: A Promising Curiosity

The car wheel is simple and effective, but they are constantly trying to improve it. A radical way to modernize this unit is the so-called airless tire ...
Spite of Oshkosh. "Kalam-1": the last army truck ZIL

Spite of Oshkosh. "Kalam-1": the last army truck ZIL

By the beginning of the 131s, the deserved ZIL-90 even for the military turned out to be a morally and technically obsolete machine. The army needed new developments, the top of which were the machines of the Kalam-1 family ...
Chronicles of ceremonial gigs. "Americans" on Red Square

Chronicles of ceremonial gigs. "Americans" on Red Square

The tradition of using majestic convertibles in parades has been around for more than half a century. During this time, machines for the celebration have undergone major changes, many of which seem now ...
The main characters: domestic ceremonial phaetons

The main characters: domestic ceremonial phaetons

For several decades now, more than one military parade on Red Square has been complete without open limousines. On the eve of May 9, we recall the main machines of the Victory Day ...
Steam tractor and its first use in the army

Steam tractor and its first use in the army

The steam engine was invented in the XNUMXth century by the Dutch physicist Denny Papen. The product was improved in the XVIII century, at the same time a steam wagon of the French engineer Kunho appeared. With time...
Four-axis ZILs: missile-carrying missiles

Four-axis ZILs: missile-carrying missiles

A series of Moscow trucks under the index 135 had a considerable variety of variations and forms of execution. One of the first was an experimental floating missile carrier ...
From Scorpio to Pass. Robotic systems help sappers

From Scorpio to Pass. Robotic systems help sappers

A number of robotic complexes of different classes are already in service with the Russian engineering troops. In the near future, the appearance of new samples with one or another advantage is expected ...
Cars in Lend-Lease. Benefits and Benefits

Cars in Lend-Lease. Benefits and Benefits

From the point of view of quantity and share, the bulk of the Lend-Lease equipment supplies were automobiles, mainly trucks. Such supplies seriously helped the Red Army and the national economy ...
ZIL-135: visiting card of the Soviet high-tech

ZIL-135: visiting card of the Soviet high-tech

For decades, the special design bureau of the Likhachev plant has been at the forefront of domestic engineering. One of the most significant achievements of the development team was ...
Tractor of strategic purpose. MAZ-537: from Minsk to Kurgan

Tractor of strategic purpose. MAZ-537: from Minsk to Kurgan

In 1964, the Minsk Automobile Plant handed over the documentation for the assembly of its four-axis hero in Kurgan. But this was preceded by difficult years of production development on the Belarusian land ...
The development of power: MAZ-535 is gaining strength

The development of power: MAZ-535 is gaining strength

The Minsk Automobile Plant has become the cradle of several production lines of heavy equipment of the Soviet Union. Subsequently, the production of many models was transferred to third-party factories. I did not escape this ...
Berliet T100: Hurricane in French

Berliet T100: Hurricane in French

In France, there was a Berliet company, whose trucks were in serious competition not only to Renault, but to the world’s grandees of the automotive industry. A landmark car for the company and the French ...
MAZ-535: heavy child of the Cold War

MAZ-535: heavy child of the Cold War

Among the variety of the Soviet military automobile industry, a special place is given to Minsk cars. The description of such a technique is not complete without stamps such as "having no analogues in the world." Firstborn in the Pleiad ...
Ural-4320: guns and armor

Ural-4320: guns and armor

Throughout its history, the army "Ural" has been one of the symbols of military equipment of the Soviet, and later the Russian armed forces. The fighting became one of the powerful incentives for further ...
The Red Book Urals: The Susha Project

The Red Book Urals: The Susha Project

The traditional harsh appearance of the Ural family machines could have been noticeably ennobled back in the late 70s, when Miass engineers worked on the secret Susha project. However, the project fell victim ...
Ural-4320: The Difficult Way to Diesel

Ural-4320: The Difficult Way to Diesel

The installation of a high-speed diesel engine played the most important role in the life of army trucks of the Ural family. Largely for this reason, the famous bonnet cars are produced before ...