Bryansk Automobile Plant (BAZ; ) is a Russian manufacturer of military vehicles based in

Bryansk Bryansk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna (river), Desna River, southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census. Bryans ...

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. It was established in 1958 as a subsidiary of

ZiL OJSC AMO ZiL, known fully as the Public Joint-Stock Company – Likhachov Plant () and more commonly called ZiL (, was a major Russian automobile, truck, military vehicle, and heavy equipment manufacturer that was based in Moscow. The last ZiL ...

. It is one of the leading Russian military equipment manufacturers. It also produces off-road tractors and

chassis A chassis (, ; plural ''chassis'' from French châssis ) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function. An example of a chassis is a vehicle frame, the underpart ...

with carrying capacity from 14 to 40 tons. Since 2015 it is part of the

Almaz-Antey JSC Concern VKO "Almaz-Antey" () is a Russian state-owned company in the arms industry, a result of a merger of Antey Corporation and NPO Almaz, unifying some of the national military enterprises, in particular, the developers of anti-airc ...

holding.

History

Bryansk Automobile Plant was founded 4 June 1958 as a branch of the Moscow factory ZIL for the manufacture of components: driving axles, barrels, boxes handout, suspension and other components for automobiles ZIL-131. The basis for the creation of new business was the manufacture tractor Bizhytskoho steel plant Already in 1959 from Moscow factory was moved production of vehicles for the army, and in 1960 on the base created a special closed design bureau and independent production. In 1961 the first development of the plant, BAZ-930, was tested, but the series did not go, and instead plant began production modifications Moscow ZIL-135L: ZIL-135LM, with manual transmission, processed BAZ-135MB and BAZ-135MBK. These machines differ typical four-axis location - average close together, front and rear spaced and managed. In the mid-1960s in the BC plant was begun designing triaxial floating chassis with four-wheel drive. The paper used backlogs and design principles taken from ZIL, such as airborne transmission and extreme steam driven wheels. The result was the design of a family of triaxial chassis BAZ-5937, BAZ-5938 and BAZ-5939 rear engine, which became the basis of machines SAM Osa and BAZ-5921 as well as BAZ-5922 mid-engined, which was based missile system "Point". From March 1971 by order of the Ministry of Defence KB plant began designing a new series of standardized four-chassis, which received the name "Base". As part of this development was created several models floating ground and chassis widespread. This series of pairwise grouping sets of axles, front pair - controllable.

Vehicles

Military

BAZ is known mainly for its military vehicles. BAZ developed and manufactured platforms various Soviet and Russian SAM systems such as

9K33 Osa The 9K33 ''Osa'' (; English: "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 ''Gecko'') is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972. Its export version nam ...

and

S-400 The S-400 Triumf ( – Triumf; translation: Triumph; NATO reporting name: SA-21 Growler), previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S ...

. *

BTR-152 The BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet armoured personnel carrier (APC) built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 utility truck. It entered service with a number of Warsaw Pact member states beginning in 1950, and formed the mainstay of Sovi ...

V1 (1958-1962) * ZIL-485A (1958-1962) * BAZ-930 *

ZIL-135 The ZIL-135 is a large eight-wheeled military transport and Mobile launcher vehicle, self-propelled artillery truck manufactured by ZiL during the Cold War from the Soviet Union starting in 1959. Its purpose was to carry and launch a 9K52 Luna-M ...

LM (1964-1994) * BAZ-135MB (1965-1996) * six-wheel amphibious BAZ-5937 (1969-1990) and BAZ-5921 (1971-1990) * "Base" / "Wax" ** amphibious four- BAZ-6944 (1979-1989) and their modifications non-amphibious BAZ-6948 (1986-1989) ** BAZ-6950, BAZ-69501, BAZ-69502 and BAZ-69506 (1976-1999) * BAZ-6953 * BAZ-9А331М

Civil

Crane Chassis * two axles BAZ-8027 - during a 32-ton crane * three axles BAZ-8029 - for 25-ton crane truck crane plant Ivanovo * four axles ** BAZ-6909.8 - under the 50-ton crane for handling

dangerous goods Dangerous goods are substances that are a risk to health, safety, property or the environment during transport. Certain dangerous goods that pose risks even when not being transported are known as hazardous materials ( syllabically abbreviate ...

** five axle KSh-8973 - for 100-ton crane KS-8973 Tractor * Road tractor BAZ-6403 * Pipe in the tractor BAZ-64031 with a trailer BAZ-9049 * Road tractor-terrain BAZ-64022 Special chassis * Three axle BAZ-69095 - up to 14.7 tonnes * Four axle BAZ-690902 - up to 22 tons * Five axle BAZ-69096 - up to 33 tons * Six axle BAZ-69099 - up to 40 tons BAZ Civilian vehicles are used in the oil and construction industries in the mobile drilling installations and repairs as tanks, valves, pumps and cementing installation.

Gallery

File:Internal troops ABS-40 riot control vehicle.jpg, MVD Internal Troops ABS-40 "Lavina" riot control water cannon on BAZ-6953 chassis File:BM-27 Uragan of the Russian Army.jpg,

BM-27 Uragan The BM-27 Uragan (; GRAU index 9P140) is a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union to deliver cluster munitions. The system began its service with the Soviet Army in the late 1970s, and was its first spi ...

rocket system at ZIL-135LPM File:Tupolev Tu-143 VR-3 2008 G2.jpg, BAZ-135MB with Tupolev Tu-143 UAV File:9K33 Osa of the Russian Army.jpg,

-AKM at BAZ-5937 chassis File:S-400 SAMS during the May parade 2010.jpeg, S-400 at BAZ-64022 File:Oka lf.jpg, 9P71 Transporter-Erector-Launcher on BАZ-6944 of 9K714 missile complex «Oka»

References

External links

Bryansky Avtomobilny Zavod official page
* {{Almaz-Antey Truck manufacturers of Russia Truck manufacturers of the Soviet Union Defence companies of the Soviet Union Almaz-Antey Russian brands 1958 establishments in Russia Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1958 Companies based in Bryansk Oblast