GAZ-AA

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GAZ-AA in a museum in Togliatti (2010)
GAZ-AA in a museum in Togliatti (2010)
GAZ-AA
Manufacturer: Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod
Sales designation: ГАЗ-АА
Production period: 1932-1938
Previous model: none
Successor: GAZ-MM
Technical specifications
Engines: Gasoline engine :
3.3 liters
Power: 29.5 kW
Payload: 1.5 t
Perm. Total weight: 3.3 t

The GAZ-AA ( Russian ГАЗ-АА ) is a light Soviet truck that was produced by Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ for short) between 1932 and 1938. It was designed as a two-door pickup and was equipped with mechanical brakes on both axles. A three-axle variant of the vehicle was built under the designation GAZ-AAA .

Vehicle history

GAZ-AA as a PMG-1 fire engine
GAZ-AA in restored condition
View into the engine compartment of a GAZ-AA
GAZ-42 with wood gasifier, photo taken around 1943

As early as February 1930, the first ten Ford AA trucks were assembled in what is now the GAZ plant, which was then still called Nizhnegorodski Avtomobilny Zavod , the parts still came from the USA. The first self-made NAZ-AA truck left the factory on January 29, 1932. These vehicles were made according to the original drawings by Ford.

When Nizhny Novgorod was renamed Gorky in October 1932, the automobile plant was also renamed. From then on, the vehicles were delivered as GAZ-AA. At the end of the year, 60 vehicles were being produced every day.

In 1938 there was the only major revision to the model. The engine was replaced by a more powerful model from the GAZ-M1 . The result was the GAZ-MM , which was manufactured in series until around 1950. In the literature, this is often not seen as a separate model, but as an offshoot of the GAZ-AA.

The GAZ-AA / GAZ-MM was the first really large-scale automobile in the Soviet Union. 1,023,000 copies were made in all model variants. As of 1941, the Red Army alone had over 150,000 units in its inventory. Some went to the Wehrmacht in the course of the Second World War and were still used there. At times, over 65% of all automobiles made in the USSR were GAZ-AA.

In addition to production in Gorki, the Gossudarstwenny Avtosprotschny Sawod imeni KIM (Russian Государственный автосборочный завод имени КИМ, the German state- owned auto assembly plant in Moscow , already assembled from 1930 to 1933 , the Moscow State Automobile Assembly Plant named KIM Moscow) . From December 1932 GAZ-AA trucks were assembled from parts from GAZ, around 30% of production went through the KIM factory. In August 1933 it was administratively subordinated to GAZ and remained a subsidiary of the company until 1939.

Versions

The GAZ-AA and later the GAZ-MM were the basis for a whole range of vehicles that were built on this chassis. In some cases, the performance-enhanced engine of the GAZ-MM was already used in series production, although the vehicles were still designed on the GAZ-AA basis.

  • GAZ-AAA - the three-axis version of the GAZ-AA
  • GAZ-S1 - tipper with 1.2 tons payload (1935-1940)
  • GAZ-42 - model with wood gas as drive (1939-1946)
  • GAZ-44 - for operation with natural gas (1939)
  • GAZ-60 - half-track vehicle (1939-1941)
  • GAZ-03-30 - civilian bus based on the GAZ-AA
  • PMG-1 and PMZ-1 - fire fighting vehicles

Technical specifications

  • Engine: four-cylinder gasoline engine
  • Displacement: 3.285 l
  • Power: 29.5 kW (40 PS)
  • Tank capacity: 40 l
  • Range: 215 km
  • Transmission: mechanical, four forward gears, one reverse gear
  • Top speed: 70 km / h
  • Seats: 2

Weights and dimensions

  • Payload: 1500 kg
  • Empty weight: 1810 kg
  • Permissible total weight: 3310 kg
  • Length: 5335 mm
  • Width: 1950 mm
  • Height: 1970 mm
  • Wheelbase: 3340 mm
  • Ground clearance: 200 mm
  • Length of the loading area: 2515 mm
  • Track width (front axle): 1405 mm

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ History of the Moskvich Plant (Russian)

Web links

Commons : GAZ-AA  - Collection of Images