Kharkovchanka
Sign in to savethumb|Kharkovchanka close to the Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)|Zhongshan Station in [[Antarctica (2014)]] Kharkovchanka (Russian: Харьковчанка) or Kharkivyanka (, "Woman of Kharkiv"), code name: Manufacture 404S, is a model of Antarctic off-road vehicle made circa 1957–1958 in the Soviet Union, designed and built by the Kharkov Transport Engineering Plant, Ukraine and later manufactured in Kharkiv by the Malyshev Factory. Based on the AT-T tractor platform (itself based on the T-54 tank). In December 1959 two of them ("21" and "23") were delivered to Antarctica and reached the South Pole. The
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thumb|Kharkovchanka close to the Zhongshan Station (Antarctica)|Zhongshan Station in [[Antarctica (2014)]] Kharkovchanka (Russian: Харьковчанка) or Kharkivyanka (, "Woman of Kharkiv"), code name: Manufacture 404S, is a model of Antarctic off-road vehicle made circa 1957–1958 in the Soviet Union, designed and built by the Kharkov Transport Engineering Plant, Ukraine and later manufactured in Kharkiv by the Malyshev Factory. Based on the AT-T tractor platform (itself based on the T-54 tank). In December 1959 two of them ("21" and "23") were delivered to Antarctica and reached the South Pole. The massive off-road snow vehicle had a small galley, toilet, oven, and a total of eight beds.
By the 39th Russian Antarctic expedition, Vityaz DT-30Ps replaced the Kharkovchankas. Those were themselves later replaced by 300 Polar vehicles.
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