In 1970, the work was launched in SKB-1 under the general supervision by B.L. Shaposhnik for the design of the most extensive top-secret third generation of Oplot (“Stronghold”) intended to be used to carry the especially strong weapons and to replace two series, MAZ-537 and MAZ-543
The resulting designs include the MAZ-7911, -79111, -79112 chassis with the load capacity 22 tons, the MAZ-74101, -74103 truck tractors (the weight-bearing swivel connection load is 27 tons, the road train load capacity is 52 tons), and the MAZ-7311 ballast tractors.
All trucks in this series had an engine power 650 hp, new strengthened hydromechanical drive, reinforced suspension for the front axle and the rear axle, upgraded tires. The MAZ-74101 tractor was also provided with a supplementary cab.
With the modification of the Pioner-UTTH (“Pioneer”) missile system (NATO reporting name is SS-20 mod.1 Saber), the MAZ-547V was made
Fundamentally new design from Volat designers intended to carry the Tor surface-to-air missile system
In 1970, the work was launched in SKB-1 under the general supervision by B.L. Shaposhnik for the design of the most extensive top-secret third generation of Oplot (“Stronghold”) intended to be used to carry the especially strong weapons and to replace two series, MAZ-537 and MAZ-543
The MAZ-529V single-axle tractor, designed for civil purposes, was the first vehicle launched in batch production in 1958
Foundation of SKB-1 Special Design Bureau for heavy wheel artillery tractors and related engines with the testing facilities.
Tractor-road MZKT-74135 - winner of the tender in the United Arab Emirates.
MWTP OJSC overpassed the landmark: 20,000 items of products made!
The MAZ-79221 eight-axle all-wheel-drive wheel chassis is designed to carry the Topol-M missile system’s independent launching unit, related systems and special equipment
The first four-axle vehicle was designed with the axle configuration 8x8, MAZ-535.
MAZ-7907 is the pilot chassis made by Minsk Automobile Plant for the 15P157 launcher of the 15P162 Tselina-2 (“Virgin Land 2”) ground-based mobile missile system with the RT-23 UTTH (15Zh62) intercontinental ballistic missile. This is the only vehicle in the world provided with 24 driving wheels including 16 steerable wheels energised from the generator driven by the tank gas turbine
The completely new vehicle, MAZ-543, was designed to carry the TEMP missile launcher, and this vehicle, in various modifications, is still in batch production!
