The UAZ-3907 Jaguar (officially UAZ-3907 Ягуар Jaguar) is an
amphibious 4x4 created in the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (
UAZ
UAZ or Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (russian: Ульяновский Автомобильный Завод, УАЗ, Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, UAZ, Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant, UAZ) is an automobile manufacturer based in Ulyanovsk, Russia, ...
), in 1976–1990, based on the components of the
UAZ-469
The UAZ-469 is an off-road military light utility vehicle manufactured by UAZ. It was used by Soviet and other Warsaw Pact armed forces, as well as paramilitary units in Eastern Bloc countries. In the Soviet Union, it also saw widespread service ...
4x4. The Jaguar remained a prototype and was not commercially produced.
[ (Star and death of the Ulyanovsk "Jaguar" at http://www.zr.ru/archive/zr/1993/07/kolieso, Behind the Wheel, 1993)]
History
Design of an amphibious vehicle was started by designers of the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant in 1976.
A total of 14 were made in addition to the 1989 prototype.
Cars have been successfully tested and adapted for weapons. During testing the vehicle travelled on the
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchm ...
from
Ulyanovsk
Ulyanovsk, known until 1924 as Simbirsk, is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River east of Moscow. Population:
The city, founded as Simbirsk (), was the birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born ...
to
Astrakhan
Astrakhan ( rus, Астрахань, p=ˈastrəxənʲ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in Southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the ...
and back.
[ (En: http://www.zr.ru/archive/gzr/2011/17/ uaz-baikal-trofi Behind the Wheel, 2011, number = 17] However, in 1991, after losing prospective military orders following the
fall of the Soviet Union
The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...
the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant on its own initiative, stopped preparing to produce an amphibious vehicle.
Design
The design of the amphibious vehicle UAZ-3907 "Jaguar" used engine, transmission and suspension units from the UAZ-469.
It had a flotation body with two hermetically closed doors, underfloor, in front of the rear axle – equipped with two propellers. The amphibious car is driven due to the rotation of the front wheels that perform the function of rudders
(This contributes proximity screws that hold out the water through an arch of the front wheels).
Variants
UAZ-39071 БАКЛАН ''Baklan'' (
Cormorant) from 1986 to 1989, under a separate contract with the USSR's
Committee for State Security Border Troops, modifications were developed and with the installation of six pairs of skis, radar, radio, machine gun, and a cell for search dogs.
See also
*
VAZ Reka another Soviet era amphibious 4x4
References
External links
UAZ Jaguar at UAZBuka.ru (Russian)
Wheeled amphibious vehicles
UAZ
Cars of Russia
Vehicles introduced in 1976
All-wheel-drive vehicles
Military vehicles of Russia
Military light utility vehicles
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