GAZ-21
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.JPG) Model of a GAZ-21 (truck version) in the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow
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| GAZ-21 | |
| Manufacturer: | Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod |
| Production period: | 1936-1938 |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | GAZ-61 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Engines: |
Gasoline engine : 3.3 liters |
| Power: | 37 kW |
| Payload: | 0.9 t |
| Perm. Total weight: | 2.53 t |
The GAZ-21 ( Russian ГАЗ-21 ), also known as the GAZ-M21 , was a test vehicle manufactured in the second half of the 1930s in the Soviet Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Sawod . Technically, it emerged from the GAZ-M1 passenger car and the GAZ-AA truck . The vehicle is not to be confused with the much better known GAZ M-21 Volga , a passenger car also manufactured by GAZ from the 1950s and 1960s.
History
In the 1930s, GAZ made various efforts to make vehicles suitable for off-road use. One approach was to add a second powered rear axle to existing vehicles in order to achieve better traction off-road. This idea was also implemented at the GAZ-AAA , for example .
Building on this concept, the first version of the GAZ-21 was created in 1936. The body of a GAZ-M1 was lengthened and equipped with a second, driven rear axle. In addition, a second variant was made as a truck. He also took over parts of the GAZ-AA truck, especially the driver's cab. In contrast to the GAZ-AA, both vehicles were manufactured with the performance-enhanced engine of the GAZ-M1.
At the end of 1937, the vehicles were tested on a 10,000-kilometer journey through the Ukraine, the Caucasus and central Russia, which was satisfactorily covered. A total of around 100 vehicles of both versions were built; there was no real mass production. The reason for this was that the original goal - building an all -terrain vehicle - had already been achieved with the GAZ-61 with all-wheel drive.
Technical specifications
- Engine: four-cylinder in-line engine ( Otto engine )
- Engine type: "GAZ-M1"
- Power: 50 HP (37 kW)
- Displacement: 3285 cm³
- Compression: 4.6: 1
- Transmission: mechanical, 4 forward gears
- Top speed: 87 km / h
- Drive formula : 6 × 4
Dimensions and weights (for the truck version)
- Length: 4830 mm
- Width: 1772 mm
- Height: 1840 mm
- Ground clearance: 158 mm
- Wheelbase: 2440 mm + 900 mm
- Front track: 1435 mm
- Rear track: 1440 mm
- Tire size: 7.00-16
- Seats: 2
- Empty weight: 1630 kg
- Payload: 900 kg
- Total weight: 2530 kg