Front-line transporters: from Zaporozhye to the Geologist
Small-sized all-terrain vehicles LuAZ-967M, which we are unlikely to see in the troops in the foreseeable future, have become one of the unique developments of the Soviet military industry. The failed successor ...
Mechanical mules. Conveyors of the front edge of the Soviet Army
This exotic technique has already been withdrawn from service and has long been under conservation, but the technical solutions embedded in the cars are still a matter of respect ...
The legendary lorry. Interesting facts about the main Soviet truck
The lorry is the most famous Soviet truck. The car is considered legendary. Despite the good recognition, not all the facts about this car of the GAZ company are known today to a wide ...
Combat KrAZ-214 and the first cabover experiments
The first all-wheel drive KrAZs served in the army for a long time: the last of them were withdrawn from service in 1998. Heavy trucks have proven themselves in the army, becoming the basis for ...
The most unusual combat bikes in history
Already at the beginning of the XNUMXth century, the first attempts were made to create military motorcycles that the heroes of any Hollywood action movie would envy ...
KrAZ-214. Ukrainian soldier originally from Yaroslavl
The history of the Kremenchug Automobile Plant is directly connected with the Soviet Army. In the first generation of KrAZ trucks, the all-wheel drive heavyweight with ...
Miass masters: the last of the Ural carburetor dynasty
In the remarkable history of the primordially military truck of the Ural-375 family there are many examples of adapting the machine to civilian needs, as well as for extreme conditions. The concept of gasoline all-terrain vehicle ...
Ural 300 Series: Floating and Five-Axis
The Ural cars of the first gasoline generation, which can conditionally be called the 300th series, have overgrown with many variations over time. For a complete acquaintance with the series, it’s just right to write a separate book ...
Ural-375: the ideal of a war chariot
The famous Ural truck family. One of the few in the industry that was originally born for the needs of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. The first-born was the gasoline "Ural-375", which absorbed all the best ...
ZIL-157: the era of prosperity and stagnation
Already in the first year of production, the ZIL-157 received the Grand Prix of the World Exhibition in Brussels, which proved the relevance of the design decisions chosen by engineers for their time. However, over 34 years ...
ZIL-157: “Kalashnikov assault rifle” among army trucks
ZIL-157 is known not only for reliability and maneuverability. He became the first domestic truck to implement four-wheel drive, single-track tires in a circle and centralized ...
Light vehicles of the Sarmat family
In the foreseeable future, special forces may receive a new model of equipment - the Sarmat light special vehicle. Now new cars of this family are undergoing the necessary tests ...
Product "Jaguar": UAZ, which learned to swim
Among the variety of cats, only a jaguar can be called an aquatic predator. Obviously, it was this fact that became decisive for the name of the secret Soviet project for the development of amphibians based on ...
Project "River": combat amphibian from Togliatti
In the early 70s, the Ministry of Defense of the USSR had a need for massive light-class water-floating vehicles intended for the commanding staff of the army. Development tasks received ...
ZIL-131. The last hero of the plant named after Likhachev
The all-wheel drive army truck, leading its pedigree from the design bureau of the Likhachev Moscow plant, has become for the armed forces the most popular base for hosting a wide ...
Bonnet ZIL-131: history and search for the ideal
"Universal fighter": that’s exactly what the army’s all-wheel drive triaxial ZIL-131 can be called. With a payload capacity of 3,5 tons and remarkable cross-country ability, the truck solved a huge range in the army ...
ZIL-131: the workhorse of the Soviet Army
The 131 machine of the Likhachev plant, in terms of its combination of characteristics, became one of the best trucks of the Armed Forces of the USSR and was not inferior in efficiency to the best foreign analogues. In many ways, it has become ...
Sadko and the other successors of Shishigi
In the late 90's, the legendary GAZ-66 after 35 years of production was removed from the conveyor. In the army, however, they did not miss the car for a long time: in 1996, the Sadko bonnet truck was adopted ...
Amphibious conveyor XM-158 Drake. Drake to replace Ducks
During World War II, the amphibious conveyor DUKW performed well. After the war, the development of his ideas continued, and their result was the XM-158 Drake machine. However, a very interesting sample is not ...
GAZ-66: OKR "Ballet" and diesels
The transfer of Shishigi to diesel fuel was one of the main tasks of the machine modernization program in the 80's. Over time, a new car was supposed to appear, the GAZ-3301. However, the collapse of the Soviet Union ...
GAZ-66: wars and experiments
Shishiga is a unique car for many reasons. Including because on its platform countless modifications have been created ...
The pontoon-bridge economy of Europe is in order. Europeans are ready for the arrival of Russian
Many northern European countries deploy their bridges by truck without the use of trailers. For example, from an expeditionary point of view, to deploy a ferry F3XP with a length of 21 meter, 4 is necessary ...
Improving the pontoon bridge economy in Europe
Western industry is likely to start designing a new generation of bridge systems. They will appear in ten years, and while many companies are busy upgrading existing systems ...
M138 Flipper Remote Mining System (USA)
The M128 GEMMS remote mining system effectively solved its tasks, but was too large and not always convenient to use. In this regard, in 1991, the U.S. Army was adopted ...