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Tracked vehicle
A tracked vehicle is a vehicle that runs on continuous tracks instead of wheels...
chassis
Chassis
A chassis consists of an internal framework that supports a man-made object. It is analogous to an animal's skeleton. An example of a chassis is the underpart of a motor vehicle, consisting of the frame with the wheels and machinery.- Vehicles :In the case of vehicles, the term chassis means the...
. Generally, the series is produced by Metrovagonmash (former Mytyschinskiy Mashinostroitelniy Zavod, MMZ), part of the Transmashholding
Transmashholding
CJSC Transmashholding is the largest manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment in Russia, with annual sales of US$3.2 billion and a workforce of 55,000 people in 2008. The company includes 14 engineering and production sites in Russia and one production and engineering site in...
since 2002. Some older series were developed and produced by Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works may refer to two entities: a plant in Minsk, Belarus and a plant association in Belarus....
(MTZ)
GM-569
GM-569 is used for the TELARTransporter erector launcher
A transporter erector launcher is a vehicle with an integrated prime mover that can carry, elevate to firing position and launch one or more missiles. Such vehicles exist for both surface-to-air missiles and surface-to-surface missiles...
9A38, part of the Buk-M1-2 SAM
Surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile or ground-to-air missile is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles...
system.
Specifications
- Chassis weight - 24,000 kg
- Max load - 11,500 kg
- Wheelbase - 4,605 mm
- Ground clearance 450 mm
- Fuel distance - 500 km
- Working environment
- outside temperature -50°С — +50°С
- relative air humidity - 98% (t = +35 °С)
- overall dust level while driving < 2,5 g/m3
- Max velocity - 65 km/h
- Average ground unit pressure < 0,8 kg/cm2
- Engine type - Multifuel liquid-cooled diesel
- On-board powerplant - 522 kW (710 h.p.) — 618 kW (840 h.p.)
Other types of chassis
Designed and developed at Metrovagonmash (previously MMZ and OKB-40):
- GM-5975 is used for 9K22 Tunguska
- GM-5965 is used for Ranzhir-MRanzhir-MRanzhir-M 9С737М is a mobile command center for several types of Russian anti-aircraft weapons, such as Tor, Tungushka, Strela, and Igla. It uses the same chassis as Tor and Tunguska....
- GM-5955 is used for Tor-M1 (SA-15). The export version Tor-M2E (9A331MK) was designed on a different MZKT-6922 chassis designed by MZKTMZKTMZKT is a manufacturer of heavy off-road vehicles, especially military trucks, based in Minsk, in Belarus; it was formerly a division of MAZ...
. - GM-579 is used for the SAM command post vehicle 9C470
- GM-577 is used for transporter erector launcher (TEL) with loading capability 9A39 (SA-11/17))
- GM-577 is also used for TELAR 9A310
- GM-578 was used for the TEL 2P25 of the 2K12 Kub Missile System
- GM-568 was used for Self-propelled Reconnaissance and Homing Vehicle (SURN) 1C91 of the 2K12 Kub Missile System (SA-6).
- GM-539 was used in SA-6B
- GM-575 chassis was used for ZSU-23-4ZSU-23-4The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored, self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon system . ZSU stands for Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka , meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount". The "23" signifies the bore diameter in millimeters. The "4" signifies the number of gun barrels. It...
Shilka.
Also MMZ produced GM-569, GM-567A, GM-562, GM-5959, GM-5951, GM-5952.
Designed and developed at Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works
Minsk Tractor Works may refer to two entities: a plant in Minsk, Belarus and a plant association in Belarus....
(MTZ):
- GM-369 tracked chassis
- GM-355 was used for BM (translit. Battle Machines) series 9A330, including Target Detection Station (SOTS), Homing Station (SN), and the TEL of 9K330 Tor Missile System
- GM-352 was used for the BM 2C6 (Missile'n'Gun System 2K22 Tunguska)
- GM-352M chassis was used for 2T Stalker IFV.
By others:
- GM-123 and GM-124 were used for the 2S3 Akatsiya2S3 AkatsiyaSO-152 is a Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled artillery developed in 1968. It was a response to the American 155 mm M109. The development started in 1967 according to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of USSR from July 4, 1967. In 1968 the SO-152 was completed and in 1971 entered...
self-propelled gun based on 152mm D-20 gun152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20)The 152 mm gun-howitzer M1955, also known as the D-20, is a manually loaded, towed 152 mm artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. It was first observed by the west in 1955, where it was designated the M1955. Its GRAU index is 52-P-546...
as well as for 2K11 Krug SAM system. - GM-426 tracked chassis
- GM-830 and GM-835 were used for the S-300V SAM system, those chassis were developed by KB-3 of Leningrad Kirov PlantKirov PlantThe Kirov Plant Kirov Factory or Leningrad Kirov Plant is a major Russian machine-building plant in St. Petersburg, Russia....
(currently, PO Spetsmash)
Metrovagonmash official website
- General description of GM-569, Specifications of GM-569
- General description of GM-5955, Specifications of GM-5955
- General description of GM-5975, Specifications of GM-5975