The GAZ-67 and the GAZ-67B (from January 1944) were general-purpose four-wheel drive Soviet military vehicles built by GAZ starting in 1943. By the end of the war, it was the Soviet equivalent of the World War II jeep .
6-469: The GAZ-67 was a further development of the earlier GAZ-64 . A main improvement was a wider track of 1446 mm. It also had a strengthened chassis frame, enlarged fuel tank and other improvements. It was powered by a slightly more powerful 54 hp (40 kW) version of GAZ M1 4-cylinder 3280 cc gasoline motor, and had a top speed of 90 km/h (56 mph). Production started on 23 September 1943 (the first serial vehicle produced). From January 1944 it
12-577: A very short period (3 February – 25 March 1941) under the leadership of Vitaly Grachev to create a 4×4 jeep, which was named the GAZ-64. During WWII, it was succeeded by the more successful GAZ-67 and GAZ-67B. The GAZ-64 and GAZ-67 formed the basis for the BA-64 armoured cars . 646 GAZ-64s were made between March 1941 and summer 1942 by the GAZ or Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod company. The name translates as
18-687: The Gorky automobile plant, and the factory was originally a cooperation between the company Ford and the Soviet Union . Due to the availability of American made jeeps provided by the American Lend-Lease program, the majority of wartime production of the GAZ-64 was dedicated to the BA-64 armored cars. Due to GAZ-64 (and GAZ-67(B) from 1943/1944) production being tied to BA-64 production, only around 2,500 regular units were produced during
24-464: Was a cooperation between Ford and the Soviet Union ), succeeding the earlier GAZ-61 . Its design was led by Vitaliy Grachev. The design process was exceptionally quick, taking only a few weeks. The curb weigh of the car was 1,200 kg (2,646 lb). It was powered by a 3285 cc, inline-4 engine giving 50 hp (37 kW) and a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph). It was produced using existing commercially available parts. The GAZ-64
30-540: Was developed from a requirement developed during the 1939-1940 war between the Soviet Union and Finland . Although it appears outwardly similar to the American Bantam / Willys jeep , it was developed using parts already commercially available in the Soviet Union, and built in a plant that was originally set up with Ford. It was designed to replace the earlier GAZ-61 , which was totally reconstructed in
36-467: Was replaced by the GAZ-67B, which had further mechanical improvements. This military vehicle article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Russian military article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . GAZ-64 The GAZ-64 was a 4x4 vehicle made by GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, translated as Gorky Automobile Plant, which originally
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