On July 23, 1954, the Special Design Bureau (SKB) was founded on the premises of Minsk Automobile Plant, becoming the predecessor of Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant. This bureau has been leaded by Boris Lvovich Shaposhnik, who later became the legendary Soviet design engineer.
The development of heavy and superheavy equipment for the needs of the USSR Armed Forces was the primary goal of the bureau foundation. The MAZ-528 wheel tractor for operation with pushed and towed attached and trailed implements equipped with 10 backward speeds and 10 forward speeds, was the first project developed by SKB-1 in 1955.
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!
