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18-629: The GAZ-51 was a 4x2 2.5 ton truck while the GAZ-63 had all-wheel drive. The ideas for the development of the GAZ-51 date back to the mid-1930s. The GAZ-AA proved to be increasingly outdated, even by Soviet standards. The American model, the Ford AA , had already been taken out of production in 1931. Accordingly, the GAZ-11-51 was designed from February 1937, a light truck with a more powerful engine and

36-646: A completely revised cab. The latter was visually similar to that of the UralZIS-355M , which was produced later. The installed six-cylinder gasoline engine was a copy of the Chrysler flathead engine as used in the Dodge D5 passenger car. As early as 1936, the Soviet Union had bought a large quantity of these engines in order to replicate them. Production began at GAZ in 1937 under the name GAZ-11. Before

54-509: A few years later there was the GAZ-52. Nevertheless, the GAZ-51 continued to be built until April 2, 1975 and some special versions such as the GAZ-93 tipper until 1976. In total, 3,481,033 GAZ-51 trucks rolled off the assembly line in almost 30 years. Based on the GAZ-51, countless modifications and special vehicles were created over the course of almost 30 years of production. The following list

72-673: A fluid coupling) on GAZ-12 passenger cars, and also in the BTR-40 , BTR-60 , and BRDM-1 armoured personal carriers, and it was used in the GAZ-52 truck until 1989. The GAZ-63 (Russian: ГАЗ-63) is a light truck with four-wheel drive by the Soviet vehicle manufacturer Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod. It is a development from before the Second World War and is based on the GAZ-51, which does not have all-wheel drive. Apart from these, it

90-519: Is largely identical to the GAZ-51, and only differs in that it has a higher stance and all-wheel drive. It was built until 1968, when it was replaced by the new and more modern GAZ-66 , with which it shared no components or parts. The GAZ-63 was used in the Soviet Army as a transport vehicle, but also for special superstructures such as the BM-14 projectile launcher. The GAZ-63 served as the basis for

108-554: Is therefore not complete and is only intended to provide an overview. In addition to the listed versions, the GAZ-51 was built under license in some states. In Poland , the FSC Lublin-51 was built in the Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych . It was produced on a trial basis from 1948 and in series production from 1952, and by July 1959 17,497 to 17,840 units had been built, depending on the source. In China , both

126-625: The Red Army . Several modifications of the GAZ-AA trucks started getting produced, including dump trucks ( 410 ), semi-trucks ( MS ), fire trucks ( PMG-1 ) and tractors ( 905 ). By 1938, nearly 1 million of these trucks had been produced and sold. By that time a modernized variant of the GAZ-AA trucks, under the GAZ-MM index entered production, with the engine from the GAZ-M1 , that boosted

144-577: The Studebaker US6 , which proved very reliable and durable when in service with the Soviet army. In June 1945, pre-series production began. On July 19, 1945, a presentation took place in the Moscow Kremlin, after which large-scale production was approved. This began on January 6, 1946. Models from this early stage can be recognized by the fact that the side windows do not yet have the rounded upper edge that would later be typical. From 1955,

162-755: The Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Soviet Union ( Russian : Высший совет народного хозяйства СССР ) made an agreement with the Ford Motor Company to produce Ford Model A and Model AA vehicles, and the Soviet Metallostroy organisation ( Russian : Металлострой ) started constructing an American-designed automotive plant in Nizhny-Novgorod . Initially, 10 Ford Model AA trucks were built at

180-526: The state quality mark of the USSR . It was the first USSR truck to receive such an award. Almost one million vehicles of this type were built for both military and civilian use. The GAZ-66 has gained legendary status in many countries due to its reliability, simplicity and off-road capability. Since the 1960s, the GAZ-66 has been popular with armed forces and off-road enthusiasts. Production ceased in 1999, with

198-704: The BTR-40 armoured personal carrier. For the basic model GAZ-51A, as of 1965. Dimensions and weights GAZ-AA The GAZ-AA is a truck produced at the Gorky Auto Plant in the Soviet Union from 1932 to 1938, and was the factory's first truck produced under the GAZ brand. Russian-speakers often refer to it as a polutorka ( полуторка ) - meaning "one-and-a halfer", with reference to its carrying capacity of 1.5 tonnes (1500 kilograms). On 31 May 1929,

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216-599: The GAZ-51A and the GAZ-63 were built under license from 1958 onwards, manufactured by the later Nanjing Automobile Group . The model was given the name Yuejing NJ-130/230. In North Korea , too, a licensed version was created with the Sungri-58, which was produced in the Sungri Motor Plant from 1958 onwards. With some modifications, this happened until the 1990s, and the GAZ-63 was also rebuilt there. In 1979,

234-418: The modernized version GAZ-51A was produced. In the summer of 1957, Molotov's name was deleted from the factory name, which was reflected in the fact that "Gorkovsky Avtozavod" (Горьковский автозавод) was now engraved on the fenders instead of "Avtozavod imeni Molotova" (Автозавод имени Молотова). In 1958, annual production reached its peak of 173,000 units. In 1961, production of the successor GAZ-53 started and

252-424: The plant, under the name NAZ (for N izhny Novgorod A vtomobilny Z avod). Soviet engineers prepared their own mechanical blueprints for production, specifying a truck to be made with thicker steel and to have an upgraded suspension system. In 1932, the city of Nizhny Novgorod adopted its new name, Gorky - after Maxim Gorky (1868-1936) - and in 1933, the plant was renamed to G orky A vtomobilny Z avod , and

270-435: The truck received a new cab and continued mostly unchanged mechanically until the 1990s. Modernized versions of this truck were still being built until the 2010s, but it is unknown if they are still produced today. The GAZ-51 engine also turned out to be quite resilient and durable. Being in production since 1946, in addition to the GAZ-51, was used for many years (boosted to 90 hp by installing two carburetors and equipped with

288-480: The trucks began to use the model designation GAZ-AA . By 1932, mass-production had started, with around 60 trucks built at the plant daily from knock-down kits sent by Ford . Soon, assembly started of GAZ-A passenger vehicles, which were based on the Ford Model A and were also built from knock-down kits imported into the Soviet Union . By that time, GAZ-AA trucks comprised the majority of trucks used by

306-664: The vehicle's power to 50 hp, with the compression ratio increased to 4.6, giving a maximum speed of 80 km / h. GAZ-66 The GAZ-66 is a Soviet and later Russian 4x4 all-road (off-road) military truck produced by GAZ . It was one of the main cargo vehicles for motorized infantry of the Soviet Army and is still employed in former Soviet Union countries. It is nicknamed shishiga (шишига), shisharik (шишарик)/ shehsherik (шешерик), trueman (in Siberia ). After tests and trials, in 1969 GAZ-66 received

324-524: The war, it was initially only installed in passenger cars, for example in the GAZ-11-73 and the GAZ-61 . It was not until after the war that it was also used in production trucks – as originally planned. By 1939, two prototypes of the GAZ-11-51 had been completed. Due to the war, work on the project was interrupted and not resumed until 1943. Further prototypes were built, incorporating many components from

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