KamAZ-6522

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	KamAZ-6522 in Khanti-Mansiysk (2015)
KamAZ-6522
Manufacturer:	KAMAZ
Sales designation:	КамАЗ-6522
Production period:	2002 (?) - today
Previous model:	none
Successor:	KamAZ-65802
	Technical specifications
Engines:	Eight cylinder diesel engine
Power:	294 kW
Payload:	19 t
Perm. Total weight:	33.1 t

The KamAZ-6522 ( Russian КамАЗ-6522 ) is a truck produced by the KAMAZ plant in Naberezhnye Chelny . The first prototypes of the heavy tipper with all-wheel drive were made in 1996. The chassis of this type is the basis for a number of the manufacturer's trucks.

vehicle description

KamAZ-65222 with a lower payload and large single tires (2014)

Pickup truck KamAZ-65224 for the military (2012)

Tractor unit KamAZ-65225 (2015)

Vladimir Putin giving a speech on the back of the plant's two millionth truck, a KamAZ-6522 (2012)

The first vehicles of the types KamAZ-6522 and KamAZ-6520 (without all-wheel drive) were built in 1996. It is not exactly clear when series production began. Some sources speak of 2002, the truck has been on the manufacturer's website since at least 2005.

As of 2016, motors from in-house production are installed in the basic version. The large-volume diesel engine with a displacement of just under twelve liters has an output of 400 hp (294 kW) and a torque of almost 1,800 Nm. The manual eight-speed gearbox with off-road reduction is a component supplied by the German company ZF Friedrichshafen . The vehicle is able to drive through bodies of water up to 1.80 meters deep, which in addition to the all-wheel drive increases the cross-country mobility.

In addition to the body as a tipper, the manufacturer also supplies tractor units, flatbed trucks and chassis based on the KamAZ-6522. In addition, heavy-duty tractors are built, also with the different drive formula 8 × 8.

In February 2012, KAMAZ built the two millionth truck in the company's history, a KamAZ-6522 chassis. On this occasion, President Vladimir Putin also visited the plant. Since 2016 there has been a successor for the vehicle with the KamAZ-65802 .

Model variants

During the construction period of the KamAZ-6522, various vehicles were developed that are based on its technology. Often only the structure was exchanged, but sometimes the number of axles, for example, was also changed. The following list does not claim to be complete.

KamAZ-6522 - basic version as a tipper with road tires and 19 tons payload.
KamAZ-65221 - tractor unit based on KamAZ-6522 with off -road tires . Designed for articulated trucks up to around 62 tons.

KamAZ-65222 - tipper with reduced payload of 13 tons and all-terrain tires , built since 2008.

KamAZ-65224 - Military flatbed truck with about 18 tons of payload.

KamAZ-65225 - tractor unit for trains up to 75 tons total weight.

KamAZ-65226 - heavy-duty tractor for tractor units up to 97 tons total weight.

KamAZ-65228 - four-axle, all-wheel-drive heavy-duty tractor for tractor units up to 120 tons total weight.

Technical specifications

The data listed here apply to vehicles of the type KamAZ-6522, 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.