GAZ 46
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The GAZ-46, army designation MAV (Russian, малый автомобиль водоплавающий, small floating car), is a Soviet-made light four-wheel drive amphibious military vehicle that entered service in the 1950s and has been used by many Eastern Bloc allied forces since.
Key facts
- Automobile.image
- GAZ 46 at Sinsheim pic2.JPG
- Automobile.caption
- A GAZ-46 at the Auto & Technik Museum Sinsheim, Germany (2009)
- Automobile.name
- GAZ-46MAV
- Automobile.manufacturer
- GAZ (Gorky Automobile Plant)
- Automobile.production
- 1954-1958
- Automobile.assembly
- Soviet Union
- Automobile.class
- 4×4 amphibious jeep
- Automobile.body_style
- waterproofed hull
- Automobile.layout
- front engine, rear drive;part-time 4×4
- Automobile.platform
- GAZ-69
- Automobile.engine
- 4 cyl petrol, 2112cc GAZ-6955 hp @ 2800 rpm,170 nm @ 1400 rpm
- Automobile.transmission
- 3-speed manual; 2-speed transfer casewater: PTO propeller drive
- Automobile.wheelbase
- 230 cm (91 inch)
- Automobile.length
- 507 cm (200 inch)
- Automobile.width
- 173,5 cm (68 inch)
- Automobile.height
- 179 cm (70 inch)
- Automobile.weight
- 1270 kg (GVW: 1770 kg)
- Automobile.related
- Ford GPA
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The GAZ-46, army designation MAV (Russian, малый автомобиль водоплавающий, small floating car), is a Soviet-made light four-wheel drive amphibious military vehicle that entered service in the 1950s and has been used by many Eastern Bloc allied forces since.
==History== During the Second World War Canada, Britain and the United States forwarded large quantities of military materials to Russia. Among those were jeeps, trucks, and amphibious vehicles like the 6×6 DUKW and the 4×4 Ford GPA. The latter were used to help men and equipment get across the many rivers of Eastern Europe and combat the Germans. Seeing merits of such vehicles, after the war, Russia decided to develop two similar vehicles, using domestic automotive parts, the BAV, an equivalent of the DUKW, and the MAV, an equivalent of the Ford GPA.