Kurganski Zavod Kolyosnych Tyagachei

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Kurganski Zavod Koljosnych Tjagachei (KZKT)
Курганский завод колесных тягачей (КЗКТ)
legal form OAO
founding 1950
resolution 2011
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Kurgan , Russia
Branch Vehicle construction , defense industry
Website kzkt.ru

The Kurganski Sawod Koljosnych Tjagatschei ( Russian Курганский завод колесных тягачей , abbreviated with KZKT (Russian КЗКТ), in German Kurganer Radschlepperwerk) was a Soviet / Russian spa vehicle builder who was in. The company mainly manufactured heavy military vehicles.

history

A heavy MAZ-537 from the factory production (2011)
BTR-60 armored vehicle, which was also built at KZKT
A recovery vehicle KET-T on the chassis of the KZKT-7428 "Russitsch"

The plant was founded in 1950 as the production facility of Uralselmasch, a plant from Bissert that produced agricultural equipment. Forage harvesters, threshing machines and tractor parts were manufactured until the 1960s.

In 1961, the production of the MAZ-535 heavy tractor unit was relocated from the Minsky Avtomobilny Zavod to the Uralselmasch branch in Kurgan, giving the company a new direction. From 1963 the MAZ-537 was also built here, which prompted the Soviet leadership to rename the plant to Kurganski Sawod Koljosnych Tjagachei on June 11, 1966. The vehicle was to remain in production until 1990 and would become one of the plant's most famous products. Various other military machines such as the MAZ-538 were later built at KZKT.

The first self-developed vehicle was the KZKT-545 in the 1970s. It was essentially a MAZ-537 with an enlarged cabin.

During perestroika , the plant remained without commissions for a long time. Nevertheless, a new generation of heavy military tractors was developed. The base vehicle was the KZKT-7428 "Russitsch" , which was produced in series from 1990 and which replaced the MAZ-537 after 30 years of production. During this time, the former state-owned company was also restructured and converted into an open joint stock company (OAO). The new company name was "OAO Russitsch" (Russian ОАО "Русич").

Despite the new model, the production figures continued to decline, especially after the year 2000. In 2003, 32 vehicles were built, in 2004 only 26. A year later, in 2005, a court declared the company insolvent for the first time. As a result, the company moved to sell the plant and the associated real estate. On April 28, 2011, the company now trading under the name “OAO Russitsch - KZKT” was declared bankrupt again in court. The company has now been completely dissolved.

Models

The following overview does not claim to be complete, but is intended to provide an overview of the most important vehicles produced by the factory.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d History of the plant from 1950 to around 1990 (Russian)
  2. ↑ Report on the insolvency of the plant with historical contributions (Russian)
  3. ↑ Information on the MAZ-535
  4. ↑ History of the production of the MAZ-537 (Russian)
  5. ↑ a b c Article on the factory history on the occasion of the bankruptcy 2011 (Russian)
  6. ↑ Report on the second bankruptcy from 2011 (Russian)

Web links

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