In war as in war. In combat, or as close as possible to them under the convenience and comfort will always be sacrificed for safety and reliability. And because the main vehicle for the mass transfer of land and operational personnel in all armies of the world, as decades ago, remain trucks. "Heavyweights", specially designed for the transport of manpower, It is in the lines of almost all world manufacturers of military vehicles. Which of them today are generally recognized as the best?
Just make a reservation: in numerous ratings, published on this topic specialized publications, opinions on the first step of the podium often differ. What can you do, someone focuses on when evaluating protection and vehicle armor, someone prefers the strength and permeability, somebody – settings. Nevertheless, in general, the list of favorites in the field of military and passenger traffic remained virtually unchanged.
Mercedes-Benz Unimog (Universal Motor Gerat) It is necessarily present in all lists of the best of the best army trucks. Furthermore, this model is also the most important old-timer among his "colleagues" - has been developed and put into production it was still in the 40s of the last century. modern UNIMOG, naturally, I am gone very far in its development from the first sample, It was created as a hybrid truck and tractor and intended for agriculture. Not surprising: in Germany at that time about any war, no one would like to think not ...
Nevertheless, current military UNIMOG - a combination of power (six-cylinder turbo diesel), patency (Two-axle truck 4×4 with an impressive ground clearance and 24-speed gearbox), high reliability and the ability to operate in all climates - from arctic to desert. And in addition - unreal for military transport comfort level: conditioning, cabin comfort and the way. Well, Mercedes still, what's surprising the way ..., issued cars of this model in our country - a joint Russian-German venture, in which our country is represented by OJSC "KAMAZ". I'm sorry, what, trucks and we have always been able to do.
Precisely because of this in the top lines of any rating we are considering vehicles are invariably the creation of the domestic auto industry: trucks "Ural-4320" and KamAZ-5350. Here are some of their originally designed and created for the army. Both are designed with the wheel formula 6×6 and have a permeability, totally unrealistic, even for military vehicles. Powerful engines allow you to set these cars are not only the standard body to transport personnel, but roomy bronekapsuly, which the application, for example, It saved many lives during the fighting in the North Caucasus.
Both are Russian truck, in fact, successors of the rulers of the Soviet military truck (mentioned contact model "Ural" is available with 1976 of the year, Kamaz - since the beginning of the 90's). At the Kama Automobile Plant at the same time continue to strive for excellence, designing and implementing new models: for example, family «Mustang», to which the model 5350, already has a sequel in the form of KamAZ-6350, on which the longer six-, and an eight-base. Also, work is underway on the creation of an unmanned truck KamAZ in recent years. AT 2015 year, as far as, It has been assembled the first prototype of this machine. Transporting personnel unlikely to entrust such (at least, at first), but the idea itself is very interesting.
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And if we mention the continuer of Soviet classical genre, not to mention the production of KrAZ-6322 in Ukraine. It is also one of the classic designs of the USSR VPK, more modernized, but, as they, wherein the combination of low manufacturing cost with high reliability. Because of this, the machine is very popular in the armies of developing countries of Asia and Africa. Consists, for example, in service in Egypt, Iraq, Indonesia, Yemen. Some problem with KrAZ is, As for 2014 , he produced exclusively with Russian YaMZ-238, what now, of course, absolutely impossible. According to available information, From september 2015 year was launched KrAZ-63221 with the engine Ford-Ecotorq 9.0L 360PS. How this will affect the replacement cost and reliability, while difficult to say.
certainly, it would be incorrect to conclude my rating, without mentioning it Italian IVECO M250 and M1078 LMTV US and MTVR. Each of these machines has managed to earn well-deserved respect and is armed with not only the country of origin, but also a number of other states.
Well, so what of all the above brands and models is the most-most ... Naturally, in each country believe, the most outstanding Army truck from top car is exactly their production. Russia, anyway, definitely something to be proud.
Alexander Haraluzhny
