Key facts
- Automobile.name
- ZIL-157
- Automobile.image
- Czechoslovak_130mm_rocket_launcher_Raketomet_vz._51.jpg
- Automobile.manufacturer
- ZiL
- Automobile.production
- 1958–1961 (mod. ЗИЛ-157)1962–1978 (mod. ЗИЛ-157К)1978–1994 (mod. ЗИЛ-157КД)
- Automobile.assembly
- Soviet Union: Moscow
- Automobile.predecessor
- ZIS-151
- Automobile.successor
- ZIL-131
- Automobile.class
- Truck
- Automobile.layout
- Front engine, 6×6
- Automobile.engine
- 5.55 L ZIL-157, I6
- Automobile.transmission
- 5-speed manual
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- truck
- Country
- German Democratic Republic
- Country of origin
- Soviet Union
- Followed by
- ZIL-131
- Follows
- ZIS-151
- Manufacturer
- ZiL
- Image
- Czechoslovak 130mm rocket launcher Raketomet vz. 51.jpg
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- ZIL-157
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Variants
- Operators
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|ZIL-157 on Naissaar|Naissaar island, Estonia
The ZIL-157 is a general-purpose -ton 6×6 truck, produced at the Likhachev plant in the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1977, when production was transferred to the Amur plant, since the Likhachev plant wanted to focus more on modern trucks, such as the ZIL-131 range. Nevertheless, production of the ZIL-157 trucks continued even after the fall of the Soviet Union, but eventually ended in 1994.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ZIL-157” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.