Modern KAMAZ to Modern Army
OREANDA-NEWS. February 12, 2010. KAMAZ participated in “The Russian Manufacturers and Supply of Armed Forces” 9th All-Russia specialized exhibition which was held in the sports complex CSKA (Moscow).
Automotive equipment produced by KAMAZ Inc. more than once proved its unquestionable advantages over domestic and foreign analogues. Easy and cheap to operate, reliable, ready to work under the severest conditions, this equipment deserved consumers’ excellent responses by right. KAMAZ Inc. – the largest truck producer in Russia and one of the main suppliers of the Russian military automobile equipment – called attention of the visitors and participants of the exhibition to its best specimen products.
KAMAZ-6350 side vehicle with an armored cab and an armored module on a platform was presented at the exhibition. The vehicle equipped with V8 brand engine with 360 h. p. is meant for transportation of personnel and military cargoes, for mounting of diverse armaments, security, backup and logistics facilities for the forces. KAMAZ-6350 armored vehicle protects a crew and transported personnel from B-32 bullets of 7.62 mm caliber by all-round fire from Dragunov sniper rifles (SVD). It can operate with no limits of traveling time on all kinds of roads and terrains of various conditions regardless of a season and meteorological conditions at the height of up to 4500 m above sea level.
The next side vehicle with an armored cab and a module on a platform, on KAMAZ-5350 chassis. protecting passengers inside from destruction weapons according to Protection Class 5 splendidly does for transportation of personnel. The vehicle is equipped with an additional protection kit. The additional protection kit protects personnel and cab interior, as well as accumulator batteries, fuel tanks and units and assemblies of a power unit from high-explosion effects and splinters from F-1 and RGO hand grenades, including surface explosions under the bottom of the vehicle in the area of a cab and its main units.
KAMAZ-65225 truck tractor is a multipurpose vehicle equipped with one of the heaviest brand-name engines KAMAZ 740.37.400 (V8) with 400 h. p. The tractor can tow semitrailers with a gross weight of up to 70 tonnes making up to 70 km/h, transport both light and heavy track-type equipment. Three-axle KAMAZ-65225 is well known to experts in cargo transportation. The “tank carrier” as the vehicle was nicknamed by its developers and the military is able to run on all roads – both in a city and interurban highways.
KC3574M2 truck crane for military purposes on KAMAZ 53501 chassis (6x6) is meant for handling, construction-and-assembling operations with conventional cargoes with a carrying capacity of 16t on geographically dispersed objects at the ambient temperature from -40 to +40°С. KC-3574M2 crane can also operate with toxic and explosive cargoes with a payload of 14t. The drive of the crane machinery is hydraulic from a pump operated by the chassis engine. The hydraulic drive secures easy-of-operation and usability of the crane, mechanism function smoothness, a wide running speed range, crane work combinations. The telemetering memory (“a black box”) in a terminator records operational characteristics, as well as a crane load level during the wole crane life.
EOB-3522 military single-bucket excavator on KAMAZ 53501 chassis (6x6) is intended for mechanization of earth and loading works by equipping of positions, forces locations and deployment of control centers. With the help of the excavator the following kinds of work can be done: excavation and trenching in soils of up to the 4th category included, with no preliminary loosening; mounting of fortification elements and shelter frames in foundation pits, their filling; loading of soil and bulk solids into transport vehicles. The excavator functions in the temperature range from -40°С to +40°С.
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