GAZ-MM

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GAZ-MM
Overview
Manufacturer
  • GAZ (1938-1947)
  • UAZ (1947-1956)
Production1938–1956
Body and chassis
ClassTruck
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine3.3L GAZ-M1 I4
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase3,440 mm (135.4 in)
Length5,335 mm (210.0 in)
Width2,040 mm (80.3 in)
Height1,970 mm (77.6 in)
Curb weight1,810 kg (3,990 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorGAZ-AA
SuccessorGAZ-51

The GAZ-MM is a medium-duty truck (Class 4-Class 5) produced at the Gorki Auto Plant from 1938 to 1948, and then at the Ulyanovsky Auto Plant, up to 1956.[1] The truck was a modernized variant of the GAZ-AA truck, but using the engine from the GAZ-M1, upgrading the vehicle's power to 50 hp.[2][3]

Due to some engine shortages at the factory, some believe that the actual mass-production of the GAZ-MM trucks only started in 1940, since the GAZ-M1 engine needed to get firstly used in the GAZ-AAA and BA-10 vehicles.[4]

In 1942 a simplified variant of the truck, with the GAZ-MM-V index started getting produced, due to material shortages,[5] but limited production of the original "unsimplified" GAZ-MM continued. After the Great Patriotic War ended, the production of all the variants of the GAZ-MM fully restarted, but by that time the Gorki plant was producing the newer GAZ-51 truck, which was based on the design and pattern of the Studebaker US6 truck.

Due to these reasons, the production of the GAZ-MM truck was transferred to the Ulyanovsky Auto Plant, where production lasted until 1956, when the vehicle was fully discontinued.

Variants[edit]

Most of the variants of the GAZ-MM were just modernized variants of the ones from the GAZ-AA series.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ГАЗ-ММ – герой блокады Ленинграда". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "ОАО "ГАЗ"/Горьковский автомобильный завод (ГАЗ)/ ГАЗ-ММ". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ "ГАЗ-ММ: машина жизни". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Памятник воинам-водителям в г.Амвросиевка". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ "ГАЗ 67 ржавый дедушка Бортжурнал ГАЗ-АА.ГАЗ-ММ.ГАЗ-ММ-В". 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.

Further reading[edit]

  • Andy Thompson: Trucks of the Soviet Union: The Definitive History. Behemont 2017, ISBN 978-0-9928769-5-1.