KrAZ-260

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KrAZ-260
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Overview
Manufacturer KrAZ
Production1979 [1] –1993
Body and chassis
Class Truck
Body style Truck
Powertrain
Engine 14.9L YaMZ-238L V8 diesel [2]
Transmission 4-speed YaMZ-238B manual + 2-speed transfer gearbox
Dimensions
Wheelbase 4600 [2]
Length9030 [2]
Width2720 [2]
Height2985 [2]
Chronology
Predecessor KrAZ-255
Successor KrAZ-6322

The KrAZ-260 is an off-road truck 6x6 for extreme operations. [2] It was manufactured at the KrAZ plant.

Contents

Technical characteristics

Dimensions and weights

Variants

KrAZ-260V on military parade (Kyiv, August 2008) KrAZ trucks with S-200 missiles, Independence Day parade in Kiev 2008.JPG
KrAZ-260V on military parade (Kyiv, August 2008)

Vehicles based on KrAZ-260

Operators

Current operators

Former operators

References

  1. ↑ The first all-metal KrAZ vehicle cabins began to be produced in 1979, when the KrAZ-260 military all-terrain vehicles began rolling off the assembly line. Oleg Kolesnikov. KrAZ Cabin: Past, Present, and Future // "Steel Character" (corporate magazine of AVTOKRAZ Holding Company), No. 5, 2011, pp. 20-24
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 V. V. Tabolin, S. S. Malov, S. P. Kontanistov. All-wheel drive KrAZ-260 // Automobile Industry magazine, No. 12, 1981. pp. 31-32
  3. 1 2 3 KrAZ-260, KrAZ-260V, KrAZ-260G trucks. Operation manual. Kharkov, "Prapor", 1990.
  4. ↑ KrAZ vehicles // "Automotive Industry" magazine, No. 8, 1984. pp. 30-31
  5. ↑ M. B. Andreev. Specialized ATS // Automobile Industry magazine, No. 12, 1984. pp. 13-15
  6. ↑ V. V. Sagan, A. V. Zavgorodniy. Prospects for the development of fuel transportation by special military equipment // Prospects for the development of armaments and military equipment of the Land Forces: Collection of abstracts of the International Scientific and Technical Conference (Lviv, May 11-12, 2017). Lviv, NASV, 2017. pp. 55-56
  7. ↑ A new Katyusha has been developed in Kharkiv. Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine // Segodnya.UA, May 11, 2009
  8. ↑ S. P. Mazin, S. M. Melnikov. Requirements for the characteristics of a water jet machine for crowd dispersal during the cessation of mass disorders // "Honor and Law", No. 1, 2005. pp. 34-38
  9. ↑ Automotive technology Archived 2015-06-23 at the Wayback Machine // Ukrainian Ministry of Defense official website
  10. ↑ Volunteers handed over an armored "KrAZ" to the Donetsk police // UKRINFORM, March 24, 2015
  11. ↑ "The KrAZ-260, while generally a good vehicle, becomes a headache when scarce components as the turbocharger or transfer case fail. They are extremely difficult to find replacements for." - Major Konstantin Gagarin. MAZ in the Army // Army Magazine, No. 1, 2006. pp. 18-19
  12. ↑ Lutz-Reiner Gau, Jürgen Plate, Jörg Siegert: Deutsche Militärfahrzeuge. Bundeswehr und NVA. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02152-8
  13. ↑ Heat, deserts, and swamps of Egypt: tests of strength // "Steel character" (corporate magazine of HC "AVTOKRAZ"), No. 5, 2011. pp. 18-19
  14. ↑ Army KrAZ trucks for India // "Behind the Wheel" magazine, No. 10, 1996, p. 12
  15. ↑ The Indian army bought three hundred KrAZ-260s in 1995."
    L. Sapozhnikov. The automobile city of Kremenchug // "Behind the Wheel" magazine, No. 11, 1996. pp. 72-73
  16. ↑ KRAZ-260 // North Korea Country Handbook MCIA-2630-NK-016-97. U.S. Department of Defense, May 1997. page A-131
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