The KrAZ-214 is an off-road truck 6x6 for extreme operations.Н. Чистов. Модернизированный КрАЗ // "За рулём", № 10, октябрь 1961. стр.14 It was manufactured at the

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 ...

plant from 1956-1959, after which production was moved to KrAZ. The model line was the successor to the

YaG-10 The 6x4, 8-ton YaG-10 truck was produced from 1932 to 1940 by the Yaroslavl Motor Plant. 333 trucks were made, 61 of which were converted into 76.2mm anti-aircraft trucks. It was powered by a Hercules-YXC engine, originally from the United State ...

trucks.

Technical characteristics

*Engine: 6.97 L diesel 6 cyl. *Power: 205 PS /2000rpm *Torque: 765 Nm /1300rpm *Top speed: 55 mph

Variants

* KrAZ-214 (''КрАЗ-214''): cargo truck. Produced 1959-1963. * KrAZ-214B (''КрАЗ-214Б''): Updated version of KrAZ-214 with improved suspension and a 24 volt electrical system. Produced 1963-1967. * E-305V (''Э-305В'') - military excavator on KrAZ-214 chassisЗемлеройные машины // Советская военная энциклопедия (в 8 тт.) / под ред. Н. В. Огаркова. том 3. М.: Воениздат, 1977. стр.447-448

Operators

Former operators

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Soviet Armed Forces The Soviet Armed Forces, the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union and as the Red Army (, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза), were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet Union (1922–1991), and th ...

References

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