The BAZ-6909 is a Russian
artillery tractor
An artillery tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, is a specialized heavy-duty form of tractor unit used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights and calibres. It may be 6x6, wheeled, continuous track, tracked, or half-tracked.
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and
missile vehicle
In the military, vehicles such as trucks or tractor units can be used to transport or launch missiles (rockets with warheads), essentially a form of rocket artillery.
History
The missile vehicle may be a self-propelled unit or the missile hold ...
that was developed as a successor to the
MAZ-537
The MAZ-537 is a 12-cylinder diesel engine-powered military truck artillery tractor, originally designed for loads up to 50 tons (using semitrailers such as the ChMZAP-9990 or ChMZAP-5247G, for example) with later versions providing a maximum load ...
and
MAZ-7310
The MAZ-543/MAZ-7310 "Uragan" (russian: МАЗ-543/МАЗ-7310 "Ураган"/Hurricane) is a Soviet/Belarusian 8×8 artillery truck designed and developed by MAZ (Minsk Automobile Plant), in what is now Belarus.
MAZ-543
Designed in the 1960s, ...
by
Bryansk Automobile Plant
Bryansk Automobile Plant (BAZ, russian: Брянский автомоби́льный заво́д, БАЗ, Bryansky Avtomobilny Zavod) is a Russian manufacturer of military vehicles based in Bryansk, Russia.
It was established in 1958 as a s ...
. It can haul semi-trailers and loads with mass of 13-21 metric tons, both on and off-road.
It uses a
YaMZ
OJSC «Autodiesel» (ОАО «Автоди́зель») known as the Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ), Russian: Яросла́вский мото́рный заво́д (ЯМЗ), romanized: Yaroslavskyi Motornyi Zavod (YaMZ), based in Yaroslavl, Russi ...
-8424.10 diesel engine with 500 hp.
Variants
* BAZ-6402 6x6 tractor truck;
* BAZ-69092 6x6 special wheeled chassis;
* BAZ-6306 8x8 artillery tractor;
* BAZ-6403 8x8 tractor truck;
* BAZ-6910 8x8 shelter carrier;
* REM-KS, 8x8 repair and recovery vehicle;
* BAZ-69069 10x10 special wheeled chassis;
* BAZ-69099 12x12 special wheeled chassis.
See also
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KZKT-7428
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MAZ-543
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ZIL-135
The ZIL-135 is a large, eight-wheeled military transport and self-propelled artillery truck produced during the Cold War by the Soviet Union starting in 1959. Its purpose was to carry and launch an artillery missile, specifically a FROG-7, from ...
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Military vehicles of Russia
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Military vehicles introduced in the 1990s