KamAZ-43118

KamAZ
	KamAZ-43118 newer year of construction (2015)
KamAZ-43118
Manufacturer:	KAMAZ
Sales designation:	КамАЗ-43118
Production period:	1995 – today
Previous model:	KamAZ-43114
Successor:	indirect ; KamAZ-5350
	Technical specifications
Engines:	Eight cylinder diesel engine
Power:	221 kW
Payload:	up to 11.2 t
Perm. Total weight:	up to 21.6 t

The KamAZ-43118 ( Russian КамАЗ-43118 ) is an all-wheel drive truck produced by the KAMAZ plant in Naberezhnye Chelny . The vehicle has been in series production since 1995. The model differs from its predecessor, the KamAZ-43114 , mainly in its increased payload and a more powerful diesel engine .

vehicle description

KamAZ-43118 with flatbed in Tyumen (2014)

KamAZ-43118 as a fuel transporter in Tyumen (2014)

Destroyed water cannon based on a KamAZ-43118 after the Euromaidan riots (2014)

Official emergency and recovery vehicle based on a KamAZ-43118 (2012)

The KamAZ-43118 was developed in the mid-1990s as a heavier version of the KamAZ-43114 and was initially designed for a payload of ten tons. As with other models from the manufacturer from this period, a five-speed manual transmission with additional off-road reduction was installed. The large-volume V8 diesel engine of the KamAZ-740 type, manufactured in-house, initially developed 260 hp (191 kW) with a displacement of 10.85 liters. The wheelbase has been lengthened by 335 millimeters compared to its predecessor. In addition, two different flatbeds with lengths of 6.2 and 5.1 meters respectively were offered. In the version with a short loading area, the spare wheel is located behind the cab, in the versions with a long loading area under the vehicle.

Vehicles from the current production (2016) have an engine that comes with a larger stroke to a displacement of 11.76 liters. The turbo-charged diesel engine complies with the EURO-4 emissions standard and has an output of 300 hp (221 kW), which enables the train to have a gross vehicle weight of more than 33 tonnes when towing a trailer. The installed transmissions no longer come from our own production, but are supplied by ZF Friedrichshafen. In addition, the cab has been visually redesigned. The truck still has permanent all-wheel drive , large individual tires with a coarse profile and a large ground clearance to ensure the necessary off-road mobility. The payload was increased by a little more than a ton.

Model variants

In the course of the production period, which has now lasted more than 20 years, different versions of the KamAZ-43118 were built in series. The following list does not claim to be complete.

KamAZ-43118 - basic version, built since 1995
KamAZ-44108 - all-wheel drive tractor unit based on the KamAZ-43118
KamAZ-45141 - all-wheel drive dump truck on the chassis of the KamAZ-43118
KS-5579 - all -terrain mobile crane with a lifting capacity of 25 tons based on the KamAZ-43118

ATZ-56142-010-35 - all -terrain fuel transporter (tank truck)

AZ-7-40 - Fire engine

AZ-8-40 (43118) - Fire engine with double cab

various other fire trucks

as a military pontoon layer with PP-91 pontoon

various special structures for authorities such as personnel carriers or water cannons

as a base vehicle for the mobile artillery system Khalifa-1 GHY-02 from Sudanese production

Based on the KamAZ-43118, the KamAZ-4355 was designed in 2003 and a prototype was also built. It is a long-nosed truck with a completely modified cabin and a possible payload of ten tons. In 2004 a few more prototypes were built, including crane vehicles. However, there was never any series production.

Technical specifications

The data listed here apply to vehicles of the type KamAZ-43118, as offered by the manufacturer in mid-2016. Individual values can fluctuate slightly over the construction period and due to various modifications to the vehicles.