Engines of the Red Army in WW2

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Last Updated: March 29, 2006

GAZ-64

GAZ-67, 4x4, Command Car

Largely inspired by the incoming Lend-Lease jeeps, the Russians decided to build up an own jeep production.
In record time, the GAZ design bureau developed several pre-production models ending up with the narrow-treaded
← GAZ-64, shown left, of which almost 700 were produced.
Further improvements resulted in the GAZ-67 and production started in September 1943 with a total of 718 finished in the same year.
Until the end of war, another 4851 left the assembly lanes of the GAZ factory (compared to over 50 thsd. jeeps delivered thru Lend-Lease !).
To accelerate production, the GAZ-67 was largely composed of existing components, e.g. :

engine, gearbox and fuel tank under seat from the GAZ-MM truck,
radiator from the GAZ-AAA truck,

Major drawbacks were the high fuel consumption and the weekness of the brakes.
The GAZ-67 differed from the later GAZ-67B by the welded front grill poles to the one-sheet metal front grill, just like the Willys MB slatgrill differed from the later production model.

Note : All truck drawings are based on the excellent line-drawings of Mr. N. Polikarpov in the Russian magazine M-Hobby.

... towing the 45mm AT gun