GAZ-4
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Konstantin Simonow , right, with colleagues and a GAZ-4 (1941)
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| GAZ-4 | |
| Manufacturer: | Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod |
| Sales designation: | ГАЗ-4 |
| Production period: | 1933-1936 |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | GAZ-M415 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Designs: | Cot |
| Engines: | Gasoline engine |
| Power: | 29 kW |
| Payload: | approx. 0.5 t |
| Perm. Total weight: | approx. 1.63 t |
The GAZ-4 ( Russian ГАЗ-4 ) is a truck made by the Soviet vehicle manufacturer Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod . It was produced in series from 1933 to 1936 and is technically based on the GAZ-A passenger car and the GAZ-AA truck . Depending on the sources, the vehicle is alternatively referred to as a pickup , and 1934 is also mentioned as the first year of construction.
description
In the early 1930s, there was a significant need for light commercial vehicles in the Soviet Union. Since the only suitable vehicle mass-produced at that time was the GAZ-A passenger car, a light truck was developed on its basis that used the car's chassis. In addition, the driver's cab of the GAZ-AA truck was installed. Since the GAZ-A was a copy of the American Ford Model A , the GAZ-4 still has considerable technical similarities with this vehicle. The size of the loading area was 1.10 × 1.60 meters.
In the period from 1933/34 to 1936, according to various sources, 5,300 to 10,600 GAZ-4 trucks were built. It is unclear exactly why production was stopped. A comparable model was not built until a few years later, the GAZ-M415 , but it was based on the GAZ-M1 . Most of the GAZ-4s were destroyed in World War II, and only a few have survived to this day.
Technical specifications
- Engine: in-line four-cylinder petrol engine
- Engine type: "GAZ-A"
- Power: 40 HP (29 kW)
- Displacement: 3285 cm³
- Stroke: 108 mm
- Diameter: 97 mm
- Transmission: mechanical, 3 forward gears
- Consumption: 12.0 l / 100 km
- Top speed: 90–95 km / h
- Drive formula : 4 × 2
Dimensions and weights
- Length: 4080 mm
- Width: 1710 mm
- Height: 1825 mm
- Empty weight: 1080–1120 kg
- Permissible total weight: 1630 kg
- Payload: approx. 500 kg
Web links
- Technical data and pictures of the GAZ-4 (Russian)
- Modifications of the GAZ-A, etc. a. the GAZ-4 (Russian)
- To the history of the vehicle, individual images (Russian) *
* The source cites a historically incorrect engine output of 50 instead of 40 hp.